Publication at Faculty of Arts |
2019
Abstract
The paper focuses on the topic of gradually ethnic mixing of Vlach Roma (Vlašika Rom), the original habitants of one municipality in Eastern Slovakia, with Slovak Rumungri, which has started in post-war period. The author uses a combination of socio-anthropological, oral historical and sociolinguistic methods and explores the actors' perspective on the conceptualisation of group boundaries.
The author analyses the symbolic categories relevant for the social space of the group of Vlašika Rom. She discusses the role of language use and the mechanisms of ethnic categorisation in the whole process.