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Author Malyutina, Darya, author.

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

Publication Info. Stuttgart : Ibidem-Verlag, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society (SPPS), 1614-3515 ; vol. 148
Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ; 148.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents 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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Subject Russians -- England -- London -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Russians.
England -- London.
Social conditions.
Chronological Term 21st century
Subject East Europeans -- England -- London -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
East Europeans.
Friendship -- England -- London.
Friendship.
Chronological Term 2000-2099
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Friendships.
Other Form: Print version: Malyutina, Darya. Migrant friendships in a super-diverse city 3838207025 (OCoLC)911171786
ISBN 3838267028 (electronic book)
9783838267029 (electronic book)
3838207025
9783838207025
9783838206523
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