Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Romani Studies
Abstract
American historians have created an historical absence by ignoring Romani people’s presence in evidence from the past. The origins of this “absence-ing” are multifaceted and interrelated, but fundamentally stem from the continued influence of out-of-date and unprofessional ways of thinking and knowing. Examining and understanding “absence-ing” requires a consideration of the nature of the discipline of history as well as a history of the missing historicization of Romani Americans. The consequences of the “absence-ing” of Romani people from American histories have negatively and distinctively influenced four different groups of people: historians of the Americas; historians of Romani people in Europe; Romani studies scholars of the Americas who are not historians; and Romani Americans. The harm that each of these four groups experiences builds upon and influences the others. Epistemic injustice is thus perpetuated in linked ways.
Pages
13-38
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.3828/rost.2024.2
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Volume
34
Issue
1
Publication Date
6-6-2024
Keywords
Romani Americans, history, historiography, North America, South America, United States, Atlantic World, trans-Atlantic, absence, silence, epistemic injustice
Disciplines
History
ISSN
1757-2274
Recommended Citation
Ostendorf, Ann, "Romani American History: Historical Absences and their Consequences" (2024). History Faculty Scholarship. 19.
https://repository.gonzaga.edu/historyschol/19
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