{"product_id":"relative-strangers-romani-kinship-and-palestinian-difference-9781487558710","title":"Relative Strangers: Romani Kinship and Palestinian Difference","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eRelative Strangers examines how memory, intergenerational transmission, and kinship work together to sustain ethnic difference among Romani people in Palestine and Jordan, challenging transposing models of pluralism from European and American experiences. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 192 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 28 January 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRelative Strangers: An Ethnographic Portrait of Romani Life in Palestine\u003cbr\u003eArpan Roy's book Relative Strangers sheds light on Romani life in Palestine by examining how memory, intergenerational transmission, and kinship work together. Roy presents an ethnographic portrait of Dom Romani communities living between Palestine and Jordan, focusing on everyday life in working-class neighborhoods and under conditions of perpetual war and instability. The book explores how Doms are able to sustain ethnic difference through kinship, even when public performances of difference are no longer emphasized. Roy draws on long-term ethnographic fieldwork in Jerusalem, Ramallah, and Amman to make a case for such alterity for Romani people and other groups in the region.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book analyses intimate ethnographic scenes through anthropological theories of kinship, psychoanalysis, social theory from the Global South, and more. It reveals how alterity in the Middle East does not adhere to rigid identitarian categories. Ultimately, Relative Strangers demonstrates the inadequacy of transposing models of pluralism centred on European and American experiences of minoritization onto other contexts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book highlights the importance of understanding the complexities of Romani life in Palestine and the challenges faced by the community. It provides a valuable contribution to the field of Romani studies and sheds light on the experiences of marginalized communities in the region.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 1g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 229 x 152 x 25 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781487558710\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arpan Roy","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":47145386410234,"sku":"9781487558710","price":34.81,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/1740134665050_book.jpg?v=1740241373","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/relative-strangers-romani-kinship-and-palestinian-difference-9781487558710","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}