ASOCIACIONISMO E IDENTIDAD CULTURAL EN UN CONTEXTO MIGRATORIO: EL CASO DE LAS ASOCIACIONES ESPAÑOLAS EN HAMBURGO (ALEMANIA)

The arrival of the Spanish immigrants to any foreign country is characterized by a feeling of solitude, language and culture problems, etc. In this situation it is necessary to seek relationships with other Spanish people who have the same necessities, dreams and memories of a supposed common land. This necessity is also, a way to keep alive for their children some cultural traditions, and a style to think on the return myth. For this reason we take as objective for our study “to describe and analyze the function of cultural transmission of the different Spanish associations”. This paper has been carried out in Hamburg (Germany). In that city we have interviewed deeply members of the different associations and institutions who work with the Spanish immigrant population.