Strangers within? Russian-speakers’ migration from Latvia to London: a study in power geometry and intersectionality.
This paper seeks to contribute to debates on ethnic identification and migration through a focus on a specific group – Russian-speakers from the Baltic state of Latvia who have migrated to the UK. Twenty-six interviews with members of this group were gathered in London and the wider metropolitan are...
| Published in: | Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies Vol. 43; no. 4; pp. 596 - 613 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=121307221&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 121307221 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 1369183X 56F jtl: Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies issn: 1369183X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Mar2017 vid: 43 iid: 4 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 121307221 10.1080/1369183X.2016.1249054 ppf: 596 ppct: 17 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1.1MB tig: atl: Strangers within? Russian-speakers’ migration from Latvia to London: a study in power geometry and intersectionality. aug: au: Lulle, Aija Jurkane-Hobein, Iveta affil: Department of Geography, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK and Department of Geography, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia Independent Researcher su: Multiculturalism Emigration & immigration Russian language Intersectionality Labor mobility sug: subj: Multiculturalism Emigration & immigration Russian language Intersectionality Labor mobility keyword: intra-EU mobility Latvia London power geometry Russian-speakers ab: This paper seeks to contribute to debates on ethnic identification and migration through a focus on a specific group – Russian-speakers from the Baltic state of Latvia who have migrated to the UK. Twenty-six interviews with members of this group were gathered in London and the wider metropolitan area during 2012 and 2014. Russian-speakers represent uniquely combined configurations of ‘the other within’: in most cases, they are EU citizens with full rights; yet, some still hold non-citizens’ passports of Latvia. While in Latvian politics Russian-speakers are framed as ‘others’ whose identities are shaped by the influence of Russia, interview findings confirm that they do not display belonging to contemporary Russia. However, London is the ‘third space’ – a multicultural European metropolis – which provides new opportunities for negotiating ethnic identification. Against the background of triple ‘alienation’ (from Latvia, from Russia and from the UK), we analyse how ethnicity is narrated intersectionally with other categories such as age and class. The findings show that Russian-speaking migrants from Latvia mobilise their Europeanness and Russianness beyond alienating notions of (ethno)national identity. The paper also demonstrates that being open to ethnicity as a category of practice helps us towards a progressive conceptualisation of often overlooked dimensions of integration of intra-EU linguistic ‘others’. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2017 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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