The Guide to Comfort

The diasporic practices of Swedish clubs in Southern Spain

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2436610
AutoresErik Olsson (0000-0001-7674-8582)
Ano2017
Volume7
Fascículo3
Páginas156-164
Data de publicação2017-09-26
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoNordic Journal of Migration Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1799-649X • E-ISSN: 1799-649X
EditoraHelsinki University Press (PUBLISHER • FI)
DOI10.1515/njmr-2017-0021
OpenAlexW2749388968
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11
Referências citadas14

This article demonstrates how large social clubs are operating at the locus of an ethnic community-making of Swedish migrants in Southern Spain. The clubs are selectively targeting the relatively wealthy (ethnic) Swedish individuals of older age, offering them a home-like social arena 'in Swedish' in which the mediation of information and services is just one of the 'guidelines' the clubs offer to ensure the members a comfortable lifestyle in Spain. In this social space, the Swedish migrants meet, socialise and, to some extent, also consume, rather than participating and integrating in Spanish society. The article argues that the practices used by the social clubs are becoming part of the infrastructure guiding migrants towards a Swedish diasporic lifestyle in Southern Spain

Ethnic group · Mediation · Political science · Social science · Social space · Sociology · Anthropology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy