Abstract
In this paper I analyse the cosmopolitan aspirations of highly skilled Latvian migrants residing in London. In particular, I explore the nuanced modalities of ethnicity and ‘Eastern Europeanness’ and how these inform everyday encounters with people from different ethnicities and races, and when meeting co-ethnics in a global city. These encounters are illustrated with data, drawn from 18 in-depth interviews with Latvian graduates in London. I argue that such encounters are shaped and informed by the post-Soviet heritage, emerging understandings of inter-racial encounters, hegemonic discourses of ‘East’ and ‘West’, all embedded in specific power relations.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 638-650 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Journal of Intercultural Studies |
Volume | 41 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2 Sept 2020 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords*
- Cosmopolitan encounters
- Eastern Europe
- Latvia
- London
- skilled migration
Field of Science*
- 6.4 Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)
- 5.4 Sociology
Publication Type*
- 1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database