Nuevos lugares y viejos recuerdos: Continuidades latentes y diversidad cultural entre los inmigrantes peruanos de Madrid

Abstract

This paper inquires into the process of cultural reterritorialization among immigrants through the analysis of the criteria used by those coming from Lima, devotees of El Señor de los Milagros (the Lord of Miracles), to organize their sociability in Madrid. The article reveals the latent continuities in their categories of Identification and differentiation, brought into play in their social relations, as well as the relevance of both origin and destiny in the different ways these immigrants experience their national sense of belonging.