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

Published Stuttgart : Ibidem-Verlag, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource Series Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society (SPPS), 1614-3515 ; vol. 148 Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ; 148. 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record Subject Russians -- England -- London -- Social conditions -- 21st century East Europeans -- England -- London -- Social conditions -- 21st century Friendship -- England -- London SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. Friendship Russians -- Social conditions England -- London Form Electronic book ISBN 3838267028 9783838267029

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