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Staging Strife Lessons from Performing Ethnography with Polish Roma Women Magdalena Kazubowski-Houston McGill-Queen’s University Press Montreal&Kingston London Ithaca • • ©McGill-Queen’sUniversityPress2010 isbn978-0-7735-3749-1 Legaldepositthirdquarter2010 BibliothèquenationaleduQuébec PrintedinCanadaonacid-freepaperthatis100%ancientforestfree (100%post-consumerrecycled),processedchlorinefree. ThisbookhasbeenpublishedwiththehelpofagrantfromtheCanadian FederationfortheHumanitiesandSocialSciences,throughtheAidto ScholarlyPublicationsProgramme,usingfundsprovidedbytheSocial SciencesandHumanitiesResearchCouncilofCanada. McGill-Queen’sUniversityPressacknowledgesthesupportoftheCanada CouncilfortheArtsforourpublishingprogram.Wealsoacknowledgethe financialsupportoftheGovernmentofCanadathroughtheBookPublishing IndustryDevelopmentProgram(bpidp)forourpublishingactivities. LibraryandArchivesCanadaCataloguinginPublication Kazubowski-Houston,Magdalena,1971– Stagingstrife:performingethnographywithPolishRoma/Magdalena Kazubowski-Houston. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. isbn978-0-7735-3749-1 1.Hope(Play:2003).2.Theater–Anthropologicalaspects–Poland. 3.Women,Romani–Poland–Socialconditions.4.Participantobservation. 5.Ethnography–Methodology.6.Power(Socialsciences).I.Title. pn2041.a57k392010 792 c2010-901282-8 ThisbookwasdesignedandtypesetbystudiooneononeinSabon10.2/13.5 Formymother, HalinaKazubowska This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowledgments ix MapsofPolandandElbląg xi,xii Introduction:TheFortune-Tellers 3 1 ATheatreAnthropologist’sBaggage 29 2 TheRomaWomen’sLives 38 3 FormingtheTheatreCompany 68 4 RehearsalsI:TheTheatreProcess 98 5 RehearsalsII:TheHumanProcess 120 6 OpeningNight 148 Conclusion:InLeaving 177 AppendixA:Script:Hope 201 AppendixB:RomaFamilyTree 219 Notes 221 Bibliography 237 Index 253 This page intentionally left blank Acknowledgments AsIreflectbackuponthejourneyofmydoctoralresearchandthewrit- ing of this book, I would like to express my gratitude to all of those whohavetravelledalongsideme,providingsupport,inspiration,and encouragement. IamdeeplyindebtedtoProfessorDaraCulhanefornurturingthe anthropologistinmethroughyearsofmentoringandfriendship.She hasbeenagreatinspirationinmylifeandwork.IthankProfessorD.D. Kugler for cultivating the artist in me, and for providing invaluable feedbackandmoralsupport.IthankProfessorJeraldZasloveforhis encouragement and erudition that helped me to marry the anthro- pologistwiththeartistinchallengingways.AndthankstoProfessors SusanM.CoxandJeffreyNisker;withouttheirgeneroussupportand encouragement,thisworkwouldnothavebeencompleted. IwouldalsoliketoexpressmygratitudetoProfessorsJuliaHarrison and Peter Dickinson for providing me with thought-provoking ques- tionsandcommentsthatinspiredmetorethinkmyworkanewandto imaginefurtherdirectionsformyresearch.Aswell,Iwouldliketothank myeditorsPhilipCerconeandJohnZucchi,andallthestaffatMcGill- Queen’sUniversityPress,fortheirenthusiasticsupportandinvaluable adviceinthepreparationofmymanuscriptforpublication.Iamalso indebtedtotheanonymousreviewersofmyoriginalmanuscriptfortheir constructiveandalwayshelpfulfeedback.
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