Discursive subjugation and the ways out: Narratives of othering among Czech Roma mothers
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Romani Studies |
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| Web | https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/rost.2024.4 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/rost.2024.4 |
| Keywords | biographical research; Roma people; coping strategies; identity; mothering; othering; primary socialization; social inequalities; social exclusion; Czechia |
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| Description | This paper introduces the analysis of biographical interviews focusing on thenegotiation of the day-to-day child-raising by Czech Roma mothers. We demonstratethe narrative reflection of ethnic identity, as well as coping strategies and ways outof the discursive subjugation of being marginalized by ethnic othering. We presentcoping strategies based on 1) vacillating between refusal and resigned acceptance ofthe negative discourse among the ethnic majority, 2) claiming normality throughuniversal humanism, the submission of racialized microaggression, and the psychol-ogizing of an aggressor, and 3) embracing family pride and social dissent. Wefind that primary socialization is an important element in tackling the discursivesubjugation of ethnic othering. Further, we outline suggestions for the followingresearch of othering mechanisms that seem to endure in European societies in termsof the reproduction of social inequalities. |
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