Abstract

MILLAN-FRANCO, Mario et al. Discursive Analysis on the Sense of Community of Latin Americans in Malaga. Migr. Inter [online]. 2021, vol.12, rmiv1i12137.  Epub Sep 20, 2021. ISSN 2594-0279.  https://doi.org/10.33679/rmi.v1i1.2137.

This article presents the results of a qualitative study whose interest lies in understanding how Latin Americans residing in Malaga build their sense of community. To collect information, 23 in-depth interviews were conducted with people from Latin America. Through a detailed analysis of these interviews, three Interpretative Repertoires were identified: The diffuse limits of the sense of community, communities as the backbone of the sense of community, and the language of love as a facilitator of the sense of community. The importance of formal and informal organizations for the development of a sense of local community is highlighted. The sense of community, related to the place of residence, is the result of a mental process of overlapping senses of community towards communities, where the language of love is the protagonist. A limitation, and the potential of this study, is that the sense of community is the subjective manifestation of the community, so the experiences of each person influence its social construction.

Keywords : 1. immigration; 2. multiple senses of community; 3. discourse analysis; 4. Malaga (Spain); 5. social inclusion.

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