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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 King
Drawing 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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Publication status

  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

Ethnic and Racial Studies

ISSN

0141-9870

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Issue

9

Volume

42

Page range

1554-1573

Department affiliated with

  • Geography Publications

Research groups affiliated with

  • Sussex Centre for Migration Research Publications
  • Centre for Innovation and Research in Childhood and Youth Publications

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  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2018-07-11

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2020-02-08

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2018-07-17

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