Du migrant au citadin
This paper relies on an investigation led in a poor area of the suburb of the Peruvian capital, and deals with various facets of the young adults’ mobility : geographic mobility, social mobility, and mobility as a capacity to diversify one's relationships and moving into the city. We describe h...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille
2010-12-01
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| Series: | Espace populations sociétés |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/eps/4175 |
| Summary: | This paper relies on an investigation led in a poor area of the suburb of the Peruvian capital, and deals with various facets of the young adults’ mobility : geographic mobility, social mobility, and mobility as a capacity to diversify one's relationships and moving into the city. We describe how these migrants from the Andes gradually learn how to live in the big city. They have to overcome their fear and ignorance of the urban way of life. Issues of transgression, isolation, and poverty are some of the obstacles they meet. They are also facing racist prejudices. Becoming a city dweller may mean forgetting one's origin, due to poverty and stigmata. But it may also lead to an identity reinvention and to the creation of new networks and spaces of socialization. |
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| ISSN: | 0755-7809 2104-3752 |