Migrant friendships in a super-diverse city : Russian-speakers and their social relationships in London in the 21st century /

Malyutina, Darya,

Migrant friendships in a super-diverse city : Russian-speakers and their social relationships in London in the 21st century / Darya Malyutina. - 1 online resource - Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society (SPPS), vol. 148 1614-3515 ; . - Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ; 148. .

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

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Russians--Social conditions--England--London--21st century.
East Europeans--Social conditions--England--London--21st century.
Friendship--England--London.
Russes--Conditions sociales--Angleterre--Londres--21e siècle.
Est-Européens--Conditions sociales--Angleterre--Londres--21e siècle.
Amitié--Angleterre--Londres.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Minority Studies.
Friendship.
Russians--Social conditions.


England--London.


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