Poetics of Expulsion in UK Narratives of the New Galician Diaspora

Since 2008, thousands of young Galician graduates have left their country looking for the job opportunities they cannot find at home, with UK (particularly London) as main destination. A noticeable feature this movement is increase women migrants, who sometimes occupied unskilled, low-paid jobs despite university qualifications. Starting in second decade 21st century, a corpus narrative texts written by authors (Alba Lago, Anna R. Figueiredo, María Alonso, and Eva Moreda) has given visibility to these experiences. Lago’s, Figueiredo’s, Alonso’s characters express anger frustration way denouncing precariousness situation material conditions that led departure from Galicia. Combining different theoretical approaches migration studies (Morokvasic; Nail; K?dra), criticism global neoliberalism (Bourdieu; Bauman; Sassen), affect theory (Ahmed), I propose an analytical framework reading expression “poetics expulsion” four thematic axes: expulsion, exploitation, (dis)connection, repossession. finish considering Moreda’s novel illustrative view migration, focusing on migrant’s agency personal choice (Silvey Lawson).