A Romani (m)other fighting in the boxing ring of life in Gipsy Queen
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Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Rahime Özgün KEHYA
Kafkas Üniversitesi, Türkiye
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(SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
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| Dergi Adı | Romani Studies (Q4) | ||
| Dergi ISSN | 1757-2274 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi | ||
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | AHCI | ||
| Makale Dili | İngilizce | Basım Tarihi | 06-2025 |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 35 / 1 / 167–190 | DOI | 10.3828/rost.2024.25 |
| Makale Linki | https://doi.org/10.3828/rost.2024.25 | ||
| Özet |
| This article analyses the depiction of spaces and characters in Hüseyin Tabak’s film Gipsy Queen considering the intersectionality of gender, class, and ethnicity as decisive for situating inclusion and exclusion. Gipsy Queen follows the story of Ali, a single Romani mother living in Hamburg, who faces daily challenges of otherness, discrimination, racism, prejudice, and poverty. The film portrays Ali’s struggles in the boxing ring alongside her real-life challenges. Boxing rings uniquely represent negotiation and innovation for the Romani community. They also symbolize a meeting point between more privileged groups and marginalized others. Gipsy Queen should thus be viewed as one of the rare attempts to portray the life of a Roma with accuracy and empathy, in contrast to the tendency of representation based on anti-Roma stereotypes. While Romani people are often stereotypically depicted as thieves, beggars … |
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