Ecuadorians in Madrid

Ecuadorians in Madrid

HISPANIC URBAN STUDIES BENJAMIN FRASER is Professor and Chair of Foreign Languages and Literatures in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences at East Carolina University, North Carolina, US. He is the editor of the Journal of Urban Cultural Studies and the author, editor, and translator of book and article publications in Hispanic Studies, Cultural Studies, and Urban Studies. SUSAN LARSON is an Associate Professor of Spanish at the University of Kentucky, US. She is Senior Editor of the Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies and works at the intersections of Spatial Theory and Literary, Film and Urban Studies. Toward an Urban Cultural Studies: Henri Lefebvre and the Humanities Benjamin Fraser Poetics of Opposition in Contemporary Spain: Politics and the Work of Urban Culture Jonathan Snyder Ecuadorians in Madrid: Migrants Place in Urban History Araceli Masterson-Algar

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ECUADORIANS IN MADRID Copyright Araceli Masterson-Algar 2016 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2016 978-1-137-53606-8 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission. In accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First published 2016 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN The author has asserted their right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of Nature America, Inc., One New York Plaza, Suite 4500, New York, NY 10004-1562. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. ISBN: 978-1-349-71054-6 E-PDF ISBN: 978 1 137 53607 5 DOI: 10.1057/9781137536075 Distribution in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Masterson-Algar, Araceli. Title: Ecuadorians in Madrid : migrants place in urban history / Araceli Masterson-Algar. Description: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. Series: Hispanic urban studies Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2015028057 Subjects: LCSH: Ecuadorians Spain Madrid History 21st century. Immigrants Spain Madrid History 21st century. Transnationalism Social aspects Spain Madrid History 21st century. Transnationalism Social aspects Ecuador History 21st century. Madrid (Spain Ethnic relations History 21st century. City and town life Spain Madrid History 21st century. Madrid (Spain Social life and customs History 21st century. BISAC: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies. Classification: LCC DP358.3.E2 M37 2016 DDC 305.868/86604641 dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015028057 A catalogue record for the book is available from the British Library.

Contents List of Illustrations vii I nt ro duc t ion 1 1 Ecuador in Madrid/Madrid in Ecuador: Transnational Dynamics between Ecuador and Spain in the Twenty-First Century 21 2 B e g i n n i n g of t he It i ne r a r y : M a d r id s Su bw ay 47 3 First Stop, Lago : Lakes and Lacunaes in Madrid s Parks 81 4 Second Stop, Nuevos Ministerios: Planning Madrid s Nightlife 123 5 End of the Itinerary, Airport : Building Transnational Real Estate 171 Af t e r w o r d 203 Appendix: Additional Survey Results 207 No t e s 225 B ibl i o g r a ph y 247 In d e x 283

Illustrations Figures 2.1 Construction site of the future station La Magdalena 76 2.2 Construction site of the future station Labrador 76 2.3 Que la l í nea 10 de metro llegue a Quito. S í Se Puede 78 3.1 Recuperemos Madrid Leaflet by the group Democracia Na c ion a l 8 6 3.2 Private security watches over the hill/temple that oversees the garden of El Bosque de los Ausentes 9 7 3.3 Mural panels by Antonio Mingote (1987) 104 3.4 Family arriving at Lago 109 3.5 The parking when it becomes Lago. This Ecuadorian space is removed from the services and restaurants that cater to visitors along the lakeshore just some steps away 113 3.6 Banner with logo at the entry to the Parque Bicentenario 121 4.1 Images by Héctor Villarreal (2006) 132 4.2 Same location as left image above, June 2010 133 4.3 Picasso tower above 144 4.4 Ecuatopia by El Perro. Artists Iván López and Pablo España work currently under the name Colectivo Democracia 168 5.1 Advertisement money transfers 177 5. 2 A d ve r t i s e me nt Te le f ó n ic a 178 5.3 Advertisement for the money transfer agency Ecuagiros 179 5.4 A d ve r t i s e me nt Mov i s t a r 18 0 Table 1.1 O ve r v ie w of s u r ve y re s p ond e nt s 38