Narratives of Migration, Relocation and Belonging

Latin Americans in London
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-030-53446-2
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 206 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 291 g

Reihe: Studies of the Americas

This book gives voice to the diverse diasporic Latin American communities living in the UK by exploring first and onward migration of Latin Americans to Europe, with a specific reference to London. The authors discuss how networks of solidarity and local struggles are played out, enacted, negotiated and experienced in different spatial spheres, whether this be migration routes into London, work spaces, diasporic media and urban places. Each of these spaces are explored in separate chapters to argue that transnational networks of solidarity and local struggles are facilitating renewed sense of belongingness and claims to the city. In this context we witness manifestations of British Latinidad that invoke new forms of belongingness beyond and against old colonial powers.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Retis, Jessica

Román-Velázquez, Patria

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction: Narratives of migration, relocation and belonging.- Chapter 2. Migration, transnationalism and diasporic identities.- Chapter 3. Latin American immigration to Europe: The case of London.- Chapter 4. Narratives of migration and relocation.- Chapter 5. Narratives of migration around work.- Chapter 6. Latino media spaces in London: The interstices of the invisible.- Chapter 7. Latin Urbanisms: Resisting gentrification, reclaiming urban spaces.- Chapter 8. British Latinidad as social and spatial justice.

Über Autor(innen)

Patria Román-Velázquez is Senior Lecturer at the Institute for Media and Creative Industries at Loughborough University, United Kingdom. 

Jessica Retis is Associate Professor in the School of Journalism and Affiliated Faculty with the Center for Latin American Studies at The University of Arizona, United States.