02876nam 2200529 450 991080935170332120230126213544.03-8382-6702-8(CKB)3710000000492259(EBL)4333672(MiAaPQ)EBC4333672(MiAaPQ)EBC5782802(EXLCZ)99371000000049225920160530h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierMigrant friendships in a super-diverse city Russian-speakers and their social relationships in London in the 21st century /Darya Malyutina ; with a foreword by Claire DwyerStuttgart, Germany :ibidem-Verlag,2015.©20151 online resource (173 p.)Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society,1614-3515 ;148Description based upon print version of record.3-8382-0702-5 3-8382-0652-5 Includes bibliographical references.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 networksTransnational 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; BibliographySoviet and post-Soviet politics and society ;148.RussiansEnglandLondonSocial conditions21st centuryEast EuropeansEnglandLondonSocial conditions21st centuryFriendshipEnglandLondonRussiansSocial conditionsEast EuropeansSocial conditionsFriendship941.0049171Malyutina Darya1714988Dwyer ClaireMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809351703321Migrant friendships in a super-diverse city4109221UNINA