1st Edition

European Migrants in the UK in the Brexit Era Discursive Perspectives

240 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This edited volume offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary examination of Brexit as both a discursive construct and a lived, evolving reality. Bringing together ethnography, discourse analysis, and qualitative analysis of interviews, the chapters foreground migrant voices to explore how identity, language, and belonging are negotiated across shifting political and social landscapes. The book... Read more

List of Contributors

 

Introduction

By Caterina Guardamagna, Jessica Hampton, Mariana Roccia, Djordje Sredanovic

Chapter 1 Added Value or Too Expensive and Unfair: UK Parliamentary Debates of European migration.

By Geri Popova and Sylvia Shaw

Chapter 2 Irish in the UK and English in the European Union in the aftermath of Brexit.

By Eduardo D. Faingold

Chapter 3 Post-2008 Italian migrants and the negotiation of their migratory status: The impact of Brexit on migrants’ self-conceptualization.

By Giulia Pepe

Chapter 4 Fully or Half Polish? Children’s negotiation of ethnic identity in post-Brexit England.   

By Thi Bogossian

Chapter 5 From naturalization to new mobilities: Greek citizenship and the onward migration of Albanians to the UK on the eve of Brexit.

By Rexhina Ndoci and Petros Karatsareas

Chapter 6 British migrants in Greece applying for citizenship in the context of Brexit: Identity construction and the attitudes of the Greek community.

By Christopher Lees

Chapter 7 A ‘charming’ or ‘embarrassing’ accent? Exploring French migrants’ perspectives on their ‘French accent’ in the Brexit era.

By Ophélie Castellani

Chapter 8 From Eurostars to Embedded Lives: Italian Academics in the UK in the Brexit Era and their Family Ties.

By Caterina Guardamagna, Jessica Hampton, Mariana Roccia, Djordje Sredanovic

Chapter 9 Conclusion

By Caterina Guardamagna, Jessica Hampton, Mariana Roccia, Djordje Sredanovic

Index

Biography

Caterina Guardamagna is a Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics at the University of Liverpool.

Jessica Hampton is a Senior Research Associate at Lancaster University, UK.

Mariana Roccia is a Research Associate at the University of Gloucestershire, UK.

Djordje Sredanovic is a Lecturer in Sociology at the Division of Social and Political Science of the University of Chester, UK.