[Latin Americans in Europe. Experience in deracination and the psychocultural identity process]

The deracinating process Latin Americans undergo as a result of their migrating to Europe has been occurring approximately for two hundred years now. It came to be a cultural topic, subsequently integrated to culture as a self-developing phenomenon, especially in the field of both literature and oral communication. Out of the 'root tearing' experience, four basic types may be told apart: Small craftsmen, Transplanted, Exiled, and Transhumants (culture-syncretizing migrants). These experience-related prototypes represent specific socio-cultural forms established during this generic experience which, in turn, lead those involved to assume different forms of self-awareness as well as articulating their lives within the new environment. The study focuses on the deracinating experience effects on the migrants, and how it affects their psychosocial health. Furthermore, the terms -necessary to scrutinize the problem from the migrants' perspective- are defined.