Neuware - Engaging classic anthropological theory, Relative Strangers offers a fresh perspective on kinship in Palestine by focusing on Romani families of the region.

Seller Inventory # 9781487558710

Contact seller

Report this item

Bibliographic Details

Title: Relative Strangers : Romani Kinship and Palestinian Difference
Publisher: University Of Toronto Press Jan 2025
Publication Date: 2025
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1487558716
ISBN 13: 9781487558710
Binding: Buch
Condition: Neu
Dimensions: 231 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 15 millimeters depth
Weight: 376 grams

About this title

Synopsis

Examining how memory, intergenerational transmission, and kinship work together, Relative Strangers sheds light on Romani life in Palestine. Arpan Roy presents an ethnographic portrait of Dom Romani communities living between Palestine and Jordan, zooming in on everyday life in working-class neighborhoods, and under conditions of perpetual war and instability.

The book focuses on how Doms are able to sustain ethnic difference through kinship, even when public performances of difference are no longer emphasized – a kind of alterity that is neither visible by obvious markers like race or religious difference, nor detected by the antennas of the state. Drawing on long-term ethnographic fieldwork in Jerusalem, Ramallah, and Amman, Roy makes a case for such alterity for Romani people and other groups in the region.

Analysing intimate ethnographic scenes through anthropological theories of kinship, psychoanalysis, social theory from the Global South, and more, the book reveals how alterity in the Middle East does not adhere to rigid identitarian categories. Ultimately, Relative Strangers demonstrates the inadequacy of transposing models of pluralism centred on European and American experiences of minoritization onto other contexts.

About the Author

Arpan Roy is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Store Description

Das Unternehmen AHA-BUCH GmbH: Seit der Gr�ndung von AHA-BUCH im Juli 2005 ist unser Hauptziel, zufriedenen Kunden so schnell und so preisg�nstig wie m�glich ihren B�cherwunsch zu erf�llen. Unsere Firma besch�ftigt 16 Mitarbeiter, die nur ein Ziel kennen: den Kunden und seine W�nsche! Auf �ber 3700 m2 Fl�che haben wir �ber 100.000 B�cher, Modernes Antiquariat und Spiele auf Lager.

Visit Seller's Storefront

Seller's business information

AHA-BUCH GmbH
Garlebsen 48, Einbeck, 37574, Germany

Sale & Shipping Terms

Terms of Sale

General Terms and Conditions and Customer Information / Privacy Policy

I. General Terms and Conditions

� 1 Basic provisions

(1) The following terms and conditions apply to all contracts that you conclude with us as a provider (AHA-BUCH GmbH) via the Internet platforms AbeBooks and/or ZVAB. Unless otherwise agreed, the inclusion of any of your own terms and conditions used by you will be objected to

(2) A consumer within the meaning of the following regulations is any natural person who concludes...

More Information

Shipping Terms

We ship your order after we received them
for articles on hand latest 24 hours,
for articles with overnight supply latest 48 hours.
In case we need to order an article from our supplier our dispatch time depends on the reception date of the articles, but the articles will be shipped on the same day.

Our goal is to send the ordered articles in the fastest, but also most efficient and secure way to our customers.

Shipping rates from Germany to U.S.A.

Shipping rates from Germany to U.S.A.
Order quantity	30 to 40 business days	7 to 14 business days
First item	US$ 70.55	US$ 81.95

Delivery times are set by sellers and vary by carrier and location. Orders passing through Customs may face delays and buyers are responsible for any associated duties or fees. Sellers may contact you regarding additional charges to cover any increased costs to ship your items.