Resumen

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 20-Sep-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.

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

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