Constructing Identities over Time : "Bad Gypsies" and "Good Roma" in Russia and Hungary

Jekatyerina Dunajeva explores how two dominant stereotypes-"bad Gypsies" and "good Roma"-took hold in formal and informal educational institutions in Russia and Hungary. She shows that over centuries "Gypsies" came to be associated with criminality, lack of education, a...

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Main Author: Dunajeva, Jekatyerina (auth)
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Published: 2021
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