Migrant friendships in a super-diverse city : Russian-speakers and their social relationships in London in the 21st century / Darya Malyutina.
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TextSeries: Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ; 148.Publisher: Stuttgart : Ibidem-Verlag, [2015]Description: 1 online resourceContent type: - text
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- 9783838267029
- Russians -- England -- London -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- East Europeans -- England -- London -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- Friendship -- England -- London
- Russes -- Angleterre -- Londres -- Conditions sociales -- 21e siècle
- Est-Européens -- Angleterre -- Londres -- Conditions sociales -- 21e siècle
- Amitié -- Angleterre -- Londres
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies
- Friendship
- Russians -- Social conditions
- England -- London
- 2000-2099
- 305.891710421 23
- DA125.R8 M35 2015eb
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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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