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Roma Armee and the Paradox of Representation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2023

Maria Litvan
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Abstract

Like most of Yael Ronen’s theatre, Roma Armee complicates notions of identity. It presents a world in which representation simultaneously blinds and illuminates. Ronen’s use of stereotypes deconstructs prevalent images of Roma and Romani Travellers to start a process of healing and reconciliation that recognizes actual experience.

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Special Issue on Contemporary German Theatre
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TDR , Volume 67 , Special Issue 2: Contemporary German Theatre , June 2023 , pp. 124 - 141
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press for Tisch School of the Arts/NYU

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