The Permanence of Anti-Roma Racism
(Un)uttered Sentences
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:28th Dec '25
Should be back in stock very soon
This paperback is available in another edition too:
- Hardback£155.00(9781041050018)
Anti-Roma racism, one of Europe’s oldest and most enduring racisms, has been neglected in mainstream theories and discourse. This book situates anti-Roma racism within national and intra-continental histories and global scholarship, exploring its specific and universal underpinnings and manifestations and its interconnectedness with other systems of oppression.
The Permanence of Anti-Roma Racism offers a theoretical perspective on the roots of anti-Roma racism, tracing its genesis in the system of racialized slavery in the principalities of Molvoda and Wallachia and the politics of killings, expulsions, and entry bans across Europe in the late Middle Ages. Furthermore, employing theoretical frameworks of structural oppressions, anti-colonial and decolonial thought, racialization, and intersectionality, this book analyzes how deep historical legacies continue to shape anti-Roma racism as an enduring, structural form of oppression.
This scholarly work is essential for policymakers, practitioners, scholars, and students working on the sociology of racialization, global race and structural racisms, and European history. It defines, categorizes, and unpacks the processes and mechanisms of racialization and anti-Roma racism, shedding light on a system of oppression too often left unspoken.
Erratum: The photograph labeled Tismana Monastery (p. 75) depicts Vodița Monastery. This correction couldn’t be resolved during production, but it will be included in future printings and translations.
“Margareta Matache’s magisterial book on the complex dynamics of vicious anti-Roma racism and the rich history of Roma resistance is powerful and profound! In fact, she has written an instant classic that creatively and persuasively brings together theory, history, politics and personal lived experience in a unique and unprecedented way! And as a Black freedom fighter, she is my genuine comrade and colleague!”
Cornel West, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Professor of Philosophy & Christian Practice, Union Theological Seminary
“This new book is comprehensive and covers vitally important ground for researchers, instructors, and students. It is a very timely publication, especially considering the political environment we are now in with laws being proposed in several states to ban discussion of race.”
Jacqueline Bhabha, Director of Research, François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University
“This book will remain with the readers, and it will also encourage them. Neatly arranged in 15 headlines, it acts as a faithful guide to accountability.”
Suraj Milind Yengde, W.E.B. Du Bois Senior Fellow, the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, Harvard University
“This book will no doubt become foundational for scholars in multiple disciplines, from sociology and history to law, public policy, and human rights. But it also holds significance beyond the academy. It is a text that speaks to Roma communities and their allies, to policymakers, educators, and activists—anyone concerned with equity, justice, and the honest reckoning with the past.”
Angela Kocze, Assistant Professor of Romani Studies, Chair of Romani Studies Program, and Academic Director of the Roma Graduate Preparation Program at Central European University
"This is the book our ancestors have been waiting for. It would be an understatement to say it deserves wide readership—it belongs in the canon of European literature. Matache’s work reveals the complex facets of state-sanctioned Romani subordination, its subsequent erasure and its continued misframing. In this book, she reclaims the narrative—and it could not be more timely."
Alexandra Oprea,Romani Feminist Scholar and Attorney
ISBN: 9781041049982
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 700g
364 pages