title: Not in the eyes of the beholder: envy among Bolivian migrants in Spain.
abstract: This article explores a culturally sensitive topic, envy, among Bolivian migrants in Spain. Following a constructivist approach to emotions, we examine discourses of envy, as they are shaped by the cultural contexts in which they emerge. Our study uses a sample of 30 transnational households and multi-sited ethnography to illustrate the ways emotions and their effects on sociality serve as a mechanism of social control, especially when the boundaries of such a community have been stretched transnationally. Envy is an important component of a belief system central to understanding the emergence, or lack thereof, of trust and solidarity among migrants and can shape the types of social relations and conflicts between migrants and non-migrant households back in Bolivia. These conflicts have been exacerbated by economic instability, high unemployment rates and precarious wages especially for the undocumented migrant community in Spain.
authors.affiliation: Grinnell College, Iowa.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tapias
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Escandell
mesh_terms: D001838:Bolivia / Q000208:ethnology; D019260:Expressed Emotion; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations / Q000266:history; D044382:Population Groups / Q000193:education / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D012927:Social Control, Informal / Q000266:history; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors / Q000266:history; D013030:Spain / Q000208:ethnology; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D035502:Trust / Q000523:psychology; D014478:Unemployment / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology