“I Grew up Here, It‘s Different”. Experiences and Vital Paths of the Chinese Migrants’ Descendants in Spain
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https://doi.org/10.14422/mig.i52.y2021.005Keywords:
migrants’ descendants, life path, young-adults, Spain, ChinaAbstract
This paper explores the experiences and life paths of Chinese migrant’s descendants in Spain from a life course perspective: from their early years to their actual condition as young adults. Using an ethnographic approach and based on informants’ first-person accounts, it analyses their positioning and interaction within their families and broader social context, as well as the conditioning factors. Family, care and diverse notions of ‘difference’ vertebrates their discourse, pooling together memories, perceptions and expectations in past, present and future time, in which references to ‘the Spanish’ and ‘the Chinese’ are constant. Based on collected data, the desirability of carrying on studies that emphasizes the notion of interconnection and provide a non-fragmented view of the trajectories of the descendants of migrant families is underlined.
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