RELIGIOSITY AND AUTOETHNOGRAPHY. PROSPECTING THE LIFE - NARRATIVES OF TWO ROMANIAN ROMA FROM POST-COMMUNIST ROMANIA
RELIGIOSITY AND AUTOETHNOGRAPHY. PROSPECTING THE LIFE - NARRATIVES OF TWO ROMANIAN ROMA FROM POST-COMMUNIST ROMANIA
Author(s): Marian ZăloagăSubject(s): Theology and Religion, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today), Sociology of Religion, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Editura University Press, Universitatea de Medicina, Farmacie, Stiinte si Tehnologie “George Emil Palade” din Targu Mures
Keywords: Romanian Roma identity; autoethnography; religion; religiosity;
Summary/Abstract: Studies on the religion and the religiosity of Roma people represent a significant part of the Romani research published during the last decades. Unlike the interviews used by the non - Roma social scientists, the texts I am addressing in the present article are more elaborate ingroup voices of Roma elites. They are more sophisticated in tackling the religiosity matters and are, purposely or not, contributing to the transnational Roma literature. Their reading allows access to the voice of two Romanian Roma elites who approach the matter of fighting racism not only from their own lived religion experience but also from the perspective of the relatives and friends recollected in the pages of the autoethnographically writings.
Journal: Acta Marisiensis. Seria Historia
- Issue Year: 5/2023
- Issue No: 5
- Page Range: 113-148
- Page Count: 36
- Language: English
