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Migrant friendships in a super-diverse city : Russian-speakers and their social relationships in London in the 21st century /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Stuttgart :
Ibidem-Verlag,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ;
148. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of tables; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1 Limits of transnationalism; London: a super-diverse city; Russian-speaking migrants in London; Transnationalism: introducing a popular concept in migration studies; Who is a transmigrant?; Critique of transnationalism; Conclusions; Chapter 2 Ethnicity and social relationships; Ethnicity and migration; Social relationships amongst migrants; The nature of friendship; (post) Soviet friendship; Conclusions; Chapter 3 Localising friends; 'It just happens'; Looking for Russian-speakers; Expanding networks.
- Transnational friendships?Conclusions; Chapter 4 Choosing friends; Degrees of closeness; Constructing distances among Russian-speakers in the bar; Divisions within the community; Affective distancing; Conclusions; Chapter 5 Rethinking friends; Becoming cosmopolitan; Everyday diversity; Dynamics of change; Social contexts of cosmopolitanisation; 'Us' and 'Them': questioning the dichotomy; Ambiguous images of 'otherness'; Conclusions; Conclusion; Appendix 1: Data on research participants; Bibliography.