A Life Story is Also a Serious Business. Feminine Narratives during Communist years in the Town of Sebes
A Life Story is Also a Serious Business. Feminine Narratives during Communist years in the Town of Sebes

Summary/Abstract: The present article aims to analyse the manner in which Roma women from the town of Sebes remember their lives during the Communist era, with emphasis on their memories in regard to their work environment, when participation in the labor market was mandatory and according to the law everyone who was able to work, was required to do so.Using the methodology of oral history, it will be studied how Roma women, who were employed in factories of the town, relate to their workplace while bringing into attention aspects such as relations between minority-majority, gender issues, nostalgia towards the Communist era, differences between the urban and rural environments, potential mentality changes and behavioral changes.

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