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Growing up abroad: Italian and Romanian migrants’ partial transitions to adulthood
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posted on 2023-06-09, 14:07 authored by Laura MorosanuLaura Morosanu, Alexandra Bulat, Caterina Mazzilli, Russell KingDrawing on in-depth interviews with young Italians and Romanians, representing two of the largest “old” and “new” European populations in Britain, this paper examines migrants’ experiences in the spheres of work, family, and “home”, and their narratives of “growing up” abroad, to enhance our understanding of youth transitions to adulthood in the context of intra-EU migration. Contrary to accounts that see migration as a strategy to either delay or advance adulthood, our analysis offers a more complex picture, showing how migration may unevenly affect transitions to adulthood, advancing some, and delaying others. Furthermore, we extend debates around the meaning of adulthood, illustrating the central role migration plays in generating feelings of “growing up”, even when traditional markers of adulthood are absent, and how these are negotiated transnationally in relation to home-based peers, in ways that combine old and new understandings of adulthood.
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Youth Mobility: maximizing opportunities for individuals, labour markets and regions in Europe (YMOBILITY); G1590; EUROPEAN UNION; 649491 - YMOBILITY
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Ethnic and Racial StudiesISSN
0141-9870Publisher
Taylor & FrancisExternal DOI
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9Volume
42Page range
1554-1573Department affiliated with
- Geography Publications
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- Sussex Centre for Migration Research Publications
- Centre for Innovation and Research in Childhood and Youth Publications
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2018-07-11First Open Access (FOA) Date
2020-02-08First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2018-07-17Usage metrics
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