Narratives of Migration, Relocation and Belonging: Latin Americans in London

ISBN-13: 9783030534462 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 206 str.

Patria Román-Velázquez; Jessica Retis

Spis treści

Ch 1: Setting the scene: Latin America migration to Europe

Ch 2: Transnationalism, migration and diasporic identities

Ch 3: Narratives of migration and relocation

Ch 4: Narratives of migration around work

Ch 5: Latin Americans in London and their media spaces

Ch 6: Latin Urbanisms in London: Reshaping, Reclaiming and Resisting Urban Spaces

Ch 7: Conclusions

O autorze

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.

Blurb

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.

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.