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.
3838267028 (electronic bk.) 9783838267029 (electronic bk.)
887574 MIL 1F2DFDB6-18DC-48FB-B537-D0AE7DC5E0F6 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
2000-2099
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.
Electronic books.
DA125.R8 / M35 2015eb
305.891710421
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.
3838267028 (electronic bk.) 9783838267029 (electronic bk.)
887574 MIL 1F2DFDB6-18DC-48FB-B537-D0AE7DC5E0F6 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
2000-2099
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.
Electronic books.
DA125.R8 / M35 2015eb
305.891710421