Cross-Border Migration among Latin Americans

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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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

• Alter
• children
• community
• Europe
• Familie
• Figuration
• gender
• identity
• Institution
• migration
• Nation
• nationalism
• religion
• Transnational
• violence

• University of London, UK

  Cathy McIlwaine

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

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