CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Greku, Nada |
|---|---|
| Title | Here, There Is No Such Thing As Hope Tracing The Lost Hope Of Roma From Yugoslav Socialism To The Post-Yugoslav Era |
| Summary | This thesis explores the racialization and abandonment of Roma from Yugoslav socialism to the post-Yugoslav era. The main argument is that Roma face a sense of hopelessness as a result of continual racialization and the increasing state abandonment that began as a consequence of the transition economy. The ongoing shift from socialism towards neoliberalism is accompanied by the refusal of the state to govern Roma. While the biopolitics of socialism provided Roma with the false hope of belonging, the post-socialist, necropolitical era is an increasingly depoliticized space in which Roma are shamed for their failure. The zeitgeist of neoliberalism is promoting the myth of meritocracy and personal responsibility, thereby denying the effects of racialization on the lives of Roma. The racialization of Roma has undergone ruptures as the political, geographical and overall socio-economic landscape of Yugoslavia drastically and frequently changed during the past 75 years. Historicizing the trajectory of lost hope based on the microhistories of Roma and their experience with biopolitics and necropolitics, provides a window into the hopelessnes of Roma which is caused by longstanding racialization and state abandonment. |
| Supervisor | Nicutar, Andreea |
| Department | Romani Studies Ps |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/greku_nada.pdf |
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