LEADER 04604oam 2200613 c 450 001 9910963205503321 005 20260102090118.0 010 $a3-8382-6702-8 024 3 $a9783838267029 035 $a(CKB)3710000000492259 035 $a(EBL)4333672 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4333672 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5782802 035 $a(Perlego)773233 035 $a(ibidem)9783838267029 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000492259 100 $a20260102d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aMigrant Friendships in a Super-Diverse City $eRussian-Speakers and their Social Relationships in London in the 21st Century /$fClaire Dwyer, Darya Malyutina, Andreas Umland 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aHannover$cibidem$d2015 215 $a1 online resource (173 p.) 225 0 $aSoviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society$v148 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a3-8382-0702-5 311 08$a3-8382-0652-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aContents; 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 networks 327 $aTransnational 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; Bibliography 330 $aThis timely book offers an integrative and critical approach to the conceptualization of diversity of social ties in contemporary urban migrant populations. It explores the informal relationships of migrants in London and how the construction and the dynamics of their social ties function as a part of urban sociality within the super?diversity of London. Based on the results of a qualitative study of Russian-speaking migrants, it targets the four main themes of transnationalism, ethnicity, cosmopolitanization, and friendship. Acknowledging the complexity of the ways in which contemporary migrants rely on social relationships, the author argues that this complexity cannot be fully grasped by theories of transnationalism or explanations of ethnic communities alone. Instead, one can gather a closer understanding of migrant sociality when adding the analysis of informal relationships in different locations and with different subjects. This book suggests that friendship should be seen as an important concept for all research on migrant social connections. 330 1 $a"Drawing on a range of innovative research methods, Migrant Sociality in a Super Diverse City presents an original and empirically compelling picture of the Russian-speaking diaspora in London. This book is a must for European migration scholars."-Dr. Alan Latham, Senior Lecturer, University College London 330 1 $a"This book offers fascinating insights into the experiences of a neglected migrant group in London while also providing careful analysis of the multicultural dynamics of a super-diverse city. Darya Malyutina has opened up a new strand of migration studies"-Dr. Claire Dwyer, Reader in Human Geography, Co-Director of the Migration Research Unit, University College London 410 0$aSoviet and post-Soviet politics and society ;$v148. 606 $aLondon 606 $aMigration 606 $aRussians 615 4$aLondon 615 4$aMigration 615 4$aRussians 676 $a941.0049171 700 $aMalyutina$b Darya$4aut$01714988 702 $aDwyer$b Claire$4aui 702 $aUmland$b Andreas$4edt 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910963205503321 996 $aMigrant friendships in a super-diverse city$94109221 997 $aUNINA