Hungarian religion, Romanian blood : a minority's struggle for national belonging, 1920-1945 / R. Chris Davis.
2019
DR214.C73 .D385 2019
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Title
Hungarian religion, Romanian blood : a minority's struggle for national belonging, 1920-1945 / R. Chris Davis.
ISBN
9780299316402
9780299316433 (e-book)
9780299316433 (e-book)
Published
Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2019]
Copyright
2019
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (277 pages).
Call Number
DR214.C73 .D385 2019
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.894/511047609041
Summary
Amid the rising nationalism and racial politics that culminated in World War II, European countries wishing to "purify" their nations often forced unwanted populations to migrate. The targeted minorities had few options, but as Chris Davis shows, they sometimes used creative tactics to fight back, redefining their identities to serve their own interests. Davis's highly illuminating example is the case of the little-known Csangos, an ethnic community in Moldavian Romania who practice Catholicism and speak a mix of Hungarian and Romanian. Romania wanted to expel them; Hungary wanted them for resettlement. Aided by Catholic priests, the Csangos resisted deportation with a concerted strategy involving blood samples, anthropologists, and historians, hoping to exempt themselves from the discrimination and violence that targeted Jews, Roma, Slavs, and other minorities. Davis draws on many facets of the Csangos' refashioning to add insight to debates about racial politics, national communities, and ethnic and religious minorities past and present.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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