Socio-cultural invisibility and belonging: Latin American migrants in the north of England |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of Arizona, P.O. Box 210076, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA;2. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 550 North Park Street, Madison, WI 53706, USA;1. University of Western Sydney, Australia;2. Australian Catholic University, Australia;1. School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia;2. University of Alaska Anchorage, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Anchorage, AK, USA;3. The Nature Conservancy, Wyoming Chapter, Lander, WY, USA;4. The Yukon River Intertribal Watershed Council, Anchorage, AK, USA;1. School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Monash University, Clayton Victoria 3800, Melbourne, Australia;2. Department of English, University of Zadar, Obala Kralja Petra Kresimira IV/2, Croatia |
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| Abstract: | This paper explores the multiple and simultaneous senses of belonging of Latin Americans in the north of England, a sparse migrant population characterised by a high degree of socio-cultural invisibility, i.e. lack of official recognition and limited cultural/ethnic organisation. It draws on a project conducted with 10 Latin American and Latino British families (totalling 30 adults and dependent children of 8–18 years of age) and 14 other informants and stakeholders in the Yorkshire and Greater Manchester regions. The paper analyses the senses of everyday belonging of the adult participants and the role that conditions of socio-cultural invisibility play in their experiences. Significant here are the lack of ethno-cultural local spaces and reluctance to embrace pan-ethnic identifications, which bring to the fore the relevance of other local social contexts and of transnational ties as sites of everyday belonging. It is argued that by paying attention to the emotions and emotional compromises that constitute migrants' senses of belonging, it is possible to develop nuanced insights into the diversity of ways in which migrants experience processes of incorporation and combine bonds to sending and receiving societies. |
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| Keywords: | Latin Americans England Socio-cultural invisibility Belonging Emotion Place attachment |
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