Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
Med Anthropol. 2021 Apr;40(3):241-253. doi: 10.1080/01459740.2020.1807539. Epub 2020 Aug 27.
Drawing on ethnographic research from Albania, I examine Romani and Balkan Egyptian women's health inequities. While it has been well documented that Romani people, who constitute Europe's largest socioracial minority group, experience racism and marginalization, how these forms of social exclusion shape health outcomes in the Balkans remains limited. I argue that racism is a root cause of social and health inequities, and that Romani and Egyptian women experience unique bodily fatigue marked by extreme zor ("difficulty," "constraint"). An examination of zor can potentially provide an understanding of how racism and marginalization are embodied over time.
我借鉴了来自阿尔巴尼亚的民族志研究，考察了罗姆人和巴尔干埃及妇女的健康不平等现象。虽然罗姆人是欧洲最大的社会种族少数群体，他们经历种族主义和边缘化已经得到充分记录，但这些形式的社会排斥如何影响巴尔干地区的健康结果仍然有限。我认为，种族主义是社会和健康不平等的根本原因，罗姆人和埃及妇女经历着独特的身体疲劳，表现为极度 zor（“困难”、“约束”）。对 zor 的考察可能有助于理解种族主义和边缘化是如何随着时间的推移而体现在身体上的。
