Overview
- Looks at the diverse diasporic Latin American communities living in the UK
- Focuses on the how the city of London helps these communities forms creative networks of solidarity
- Argues that these new forms of solidarity across diasporic communities facilitate a sense of belonging ?
Part of the book series: Studies of the Americas (STAM)
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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.
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Reviews
"Roman-Velazquez and Retis have written an original and necessary book on Latin American migration to the United Kingdom. Combining sophisticated theoretical insights, ethnographic work, and textured analysis, the book makes an authoritative contribution to the study of space, class, nation and race in the global society. The authors propose the notion of "Latinidad'' to capture the multifaceted dynamics of the Latin diaspora, the experiences of migrant lives, the complexities of social and cultural belonging, and the search for recognition and rights. Written with deep knowledge and empathy for the communities, the book advances our understanding of globalization and transnationalism as processes "from below"."Professor Silvio Waisbord, Director of the School of Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University, USA
"This is a fascinating book that uncovers many dimensions of one of London’s most hidden communities. In exploring a range ofnarratives around Latin Americans in London, the conceptualisations around Latin urbanism, British Latinidad and Latino media spaces are especially significant. The book provides a really important marker for those interested not only in Latin Americans, but in wider notions of diasporic identity formations in urban contexts everywhere. A must read."
Professor Cathy McIlwaine, Department of Geography, King’s College London, UK
"Addressing the relatively recent and under-researched emergence of ‘Latin London’ as a phenomenon of complex transnational diasporas, Román-Velázquez and Retis have mobilised available demographic data and their own participatory and ethnographic research to generate a valuable account of how Latin American immigrants have created and defended both their communicative and urban spaces in one of the world’s most globalised and diverse cities."Professor John Sinclair, School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne, Australia
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Narratives of Migration, Relocation and Belonging
Book Subtitle: Latin Americans in London
Authors: Patria Román-Velázquez, Jessica Retis
Series Title: Studies of the Americas
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53444-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53443-1Published: 14 August 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53446-2Published: 15 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-53444-8Published: 13 August 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 206
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Latin American Politics, International Relations Theory, Migration