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Singing for the Roma: Lautari and the Politics of Romani Memory and Identity in Romania Under Communism and Post-Socialist Transition
Singing for the Roma: Lautari and the Politics of Romani Memory and Identity in Romania Under Communism and Post-Socialist Transition
상세정보
- 자료유형
- 학위논문 서양
- 최종처리일시
- 20260202103157
- ISBN
- 9798315738466
- DDC
- 780
- 서명/저자
- Singing for the Roma: Lautari and the Politics of Romani Memory and Identity in Romania Under Communism and Post-Socialist Transition
- 발행사항
- [Sl] : Indiana University, 2025
- 발행사항
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2025
- 형태사항
- 352 p
- 주기사항
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-11, Section: A.
- 주기사항
- Advisor: Reed, Daniel B.
- 학위논문주기
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 2025.
- 초록/해제
- 요약This dissertation investigates how lautari, professional musicians from Romania's marginalized Roma minority, navigated the cultural strictures of the communist system and the chaos of post-socialist transition in the 20th century. Drawing upon five years of participant-observation and archival research, I argue that lautari have historically acted not only as custodians of tradition, but also as agents of Romani resistance against assimilation and erasure. For generations, lautari have confronted systems of oppression that sought to erase, distort, or appropriate their identities and traditions. They have responded to these pressures not only through adaptation, but through the performative maintenance of identity, memory, and community-subtle acts of resistance that constitute Romani counterpublics and foster counter-narratives of history and belonging.In Chapter 1, I trace the historical evolution of the lautar tradition, situating it within a broader sociopolitical context that spans from the legacy of slavery and the construction of the Romanian nation to the transformative impacts of communist assimilationist policies. Chapter 2 examines lautar genres, performance practices and epistemologies, exploring the functions of Romani music within both the dominant non-Romani public sphere and Romani subaltern counterpublics. In Chapter 3, I consider the role that archives play in shaping knowledge of the past, using the case of interwar singer Mita Atlantista to illustrate how state institutions have silenced Romani voices and how ethnographic research can help to recover them. Chapter 4 analyzes lautar experiences under communist systems of control and censorship, arguing that subversive performance practices within an informal "second economy" served to reinforce Romani identities and transmit intergenerational knowledge. Chapter 5 explores Romania's 1989 revolution and its aftermath through the lens of Romani music, tracing the impact of systemic upheaval on lautari and their music against the backdrop of an emerging Romani rights movement.More than a study of musicians navigating structures of power, this dissertation engages key issues in the study of contemporary Europe, including minority policy and the politics of identity, ethnicity, and memory. It demonstrates not only how systems of oppression function, but also how people utilize performance to resist them-revealing performance as both an instrument of control and a resource in the struggle for recognition and self-determination.
- 일반주제명
- Music
- 일반주제명
- East European studies
- 일반주제명
- Cultural anthropology
- 일반주제명
- Folklore
- 키워드
- Communism
- 키워드
- Ethnomusicology
- 키워드
- Lautar tradition
- 키워드
- Romani studies
- 기타저자
- Indiana University Folklore and Ethnomusicology
- 기본자료저록
- Dissertations Abstracts International. 86-11A.
- 전자적 위치 및 접속
- 로그인 후 원문을 볼 수 있습니다.
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