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Not in the eyes of the beholder: envy among Bolivian migrants in Spain.
- Source :
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International migration (Geneva, Switzerland) [Int Migr] 2011; Vol. 49 (6), pp. 74-94. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- This article explores a culturally sensitive topic, envy, among Bolivian migrants in Spain. Following a constructivist approach to emotions, we examine discourses of envy, as they are shaped by the cultural contexts in which they emerge. Our study uses a sample of 30 transnational households and multi-sited ethnography to illustrate the ways emotions and their effects on sociality serve as a mechanism of social control, especially when the boundaries of such a community have been stretched transnationally. Envy is an important component of a belief system central to understanding the emergence, or lack thereof, of trust and solidarity among migrants and can shape the types of social relations and conflicts between migrants and non-migrant households back in Bolivia. These conflicts have been exacerbated by economic instability, high unemployment rates and precarious wages especially for the undocumented migrant community in Spain.
- Subjects :
- Bolivia ethnology
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Humans
Population Groups education
Population Groups ethnology
Population Groups history
Population Groups legislation & jurisprudence
Population Groups psychology
Spain ethnology
Trust psychology
Unemployment history
Unemployment psychology
Expressed Emotion
Interpersonal Relations history
Social Control, Informal history
Socioeconomic Factors history
Transients and Migrants education
Transients and Migrants history
Transients and Migrants legislation & jurisprudence
Transients and Migrants psychology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0020-7985
- Volume :
- 49
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- International migration (Geneva, Switzerland)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 22180884
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2011.00705.x