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Cross-Border Migration among Latin Americans

European Perspectives and Beyond

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  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Cathy McIlwaine

    1. University of London, UK

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Part of the book series: Studies of the Americas (STAM)

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This book aims to address this neglect in the European context with concentration on the UK case. Conceptually, it explores the meanings of diaspora and whether this is an appropriate concept to refer to Latin American migration to Europe in particular

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives on Latin American Migration across Borders

    1. Introduction: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives on Latin American Migration across Borders

      • Cathy McIlwaine
      Pages 1-17

  3. Conceptual Understanding of Latin American Migration across Borders

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Transnational Theory and South American Immigration across Europe

      • Adrian J. Bailey, Rosa Mas Giralt
      Pages 21-36

    3. A Transnational Asset Accumulation Framework for Researching Latin American Migration

      • Caroline Moser
      Pages 37-52

    4. Rethinking the Family through Migration: Gender Ideologies and Practices of Care in Ecuador

      • Gioconda Herrera
      Pages 53-70

    5. Latin American Domestic Workers Abroad: Perspectives from Spain

      • Ángeles Escrivá, Magdalena Díaz-Gorfinkiel
      Pages 71-89

  4. Understanding Latin American Migration to the United Kingdom

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91
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    2. Super-Diversity, Multiculturalism, and Integration: An Overview of the Latin American Population in London, UK

      • Cathy McIlwaine
      Pages 93-117

    3. Policy Change from Below: Recognizing Migrants’ Political Agency among Latin Americans in London

      • Davide Però
      Pages 119-137

    4. Conceptualizing Human Well-Being from a Gender and Life Course Perspective: The Case of Peruvian Migrants in London

      • Katie Wright
      Pages 139-155

    5. Gender Transformations and Gender-Based Violence among Latin American Migrants in London

      • Cathy McIlwaine, Frances Carlisle
      Pages 157-174

    6. Latin American Commercial Spaces and the Formation of Ethnic Publics in London: The Case of the Elephant and Castle

      • Juan Camilo Cock
      Pages 175-195

    7. Colombian Migrant Families in the North of England: Sociocultural Invisibility and Young People’s Identity Strategies

      • Rosa Mas Giralt
      Pages 197-215

    8. Political Transnationalism and Gender among Colombian Migrants in London

      • Anastasia Bermudez
      Pages 217-234

    9. Everyday Transnationalism: Religion in the Lives of Brazilian Migrants in London and Brazil

      • Olivia Sheringham
      Pages 235-254

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 255-262
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  • University of London, UK

    Cathy McIlwaine

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CATHY MCILWAINE Reader in the Department of Geography at Queen Mary, University of London, UK.

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