Romani Mobile Subjectivities and the State: Intersectionality, Genres, and Human Rights
ROMANI MOBILE SUBJECTIVITIES AND THE STATE: INTERSECTIONALITY, GENRES, AND HUMAN RIGHTS A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE OFFICE OF GRADUATE EDUCATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIʻI AT MĀNOA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN POLITICAL SCIENCE July 2018 By Bettina J. Brown Dissertation Committee: Michael J. Shapiro Kathy E. Ferguson Nevzat Soguk Wimal Dissanayake Robert Perkinson Keywords: Romani, intersectionality, genres, human rights, European Union Acknowledgments Diverse, pluralizing Romani articulations guide and inform Romani Mobile Subjectivities and the State: Intersectionality, Genres, and Human Rights. This dissertation presents a mosaic of Romani people, place, time, and movement. I want to note my heartfelt appreciation to all at the Documentation and Cultural Center of German Sinti and Roma, in Heidelberg, and to the many who assisted at numerous source sites in Germany and the United Kingdom, during this doctoral work. Thank you, to my advisor, Michael J. Shapiro, scholarship giant, for your kindness and inspiration, support and gentle patience. You gave me the opportunity to make this dissertation possible. I am eternally grateful. Thank you, Kathy E. Ferguson, for your scholarship among earthlings, helping to inform this dissertation and its title, and all your support. I am eternally grateful. Thank you, Nevzat Soguk, for your scholarship on communities displaced by hegemony, graciously serving on my committee, and your insightful support. Thank you, Wimal Dissanayake, for your scholarship on how worlds world, introducing me to Cultural Studies, and your helpful feedback. Thank you, Robert Perkinson, for your scholarship on civil rights, the incarceration industry, and your thoughtful encouragement.
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