THE REPRESENTED MEXICO. IDENTITY SOCIAL REPRESENTATION PROCESSES FACING THE MIGRATION PHENOMENON

Abstract

Mexican migration in Europe is both an interesting and a significant example in which the cultural identity, the social subjects and how this phenomenon interacts with the power asymmetry are questioned. Most of the studies on Mexican migration are focused on the United States and Spain because of their statistical significance. As a consequence, there are not so many case studies available, especially in Europe. The Mexican community in Italy has been excluded from migration studies due to its apparently low numerical consistency. However, it is one of the largest Mexican communities in Europe. This paper aims to analyze some of the different ways through which the social representation and the identity constructions are embedded in the migration phenomenon in an effort to demonstrate how the dispositives of power are articulated through the material productions of culture and the complexity of social composition forms. It also aims to show the relationship between migration, identity and representation in the modern globalization crisis context. The paper is part of a PhD research in Political Sciences at Pisa University in Italy in collaboration with the Humanist Studies Department of Roma Tre University in Rome. Its main objective is to analyze some of the problematic points in the process of trying to build an identity and how the social representations change when facing migration, considering the Mexican migration in Italy as a case study

Keywords

• Migration,Identity,representation,narrative,memory,community

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