Inmigración en cuenca: percepciones de inmigrantes estadounidenses sobre la sociedad cuencana. Análisis desde un enfoque de género

Abstract

This research was built between April 2016 and February 2017 in the city of Cuenca, and the main purpose was to explore from a gender approach the insights from senior United States citizens who have migrated to Ecuador and their points of view about the local society and the local people and how are they different to them, these as facts that influence in their integration process. This study’s aim is to contribute to reduce the lack of knowledge in this society about the connotations of the migratory phenomena of retired United States citizens in Cuenca, which started on 2009 and became particularly prominent in 2012. With this intention, the research has a framework and concepts regarding migration and immigration, a historical overview about the immigration process North-South in Latin America, Ecuador and Cuenca. In the end an analysis of experiences and conceptions from the United States citizens based on their own experiences. Besides that, the study presents the analysis of this social phenomena with a new perspective and thoughts with the gender approach contribution to this topic.