ABSTRACT
By drawing on repeat interviews conducted with Polish migrant women after the Brexit vote, this chapter explores the influence of Brexit on everyday lived experiences. The narratives explored in this chapter illustrate the changing nature of encounters following the EU Referendum in the UK in June 2016. They reflect the importance of the interplay between the media and political discourses, race and ethnicity, class, place and time in shaping everyday relations in the context of Brexit. This chapter shows how the fragile and dynamic character of conviviality is contrasted with more sustained forms of interaction holding up to divisive discourses. This leads to a better understanding of how people live together in turbulent times of Brexit and the possibilities of resistance to divisive anti-immigration rhetoric. This book was written in the period of uncertainty of the Brexit situation, since the outcome has not yet been finalised. This uncertainty is also reflected in the narratives of my research participants, particularly in reference to their future in the UK.
