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Retiring to Spain: Women´s Narratives of Nostalgia, Belonging and Community
Anya Ahmed
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Description for Retiring to Spain: Women´s Narratives of Nostalgia, Belonging and Community
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; JFFN; JFSJ1; JFSP31. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 16. Weight in Grams: 448.
This book is a study of nostalgia, belonging and community which provides a new theoretical framework for understanding retirement migration. It is the first account of retirement migration that focuses on the voices of retired working-class British women, who are considering either return migration to the UK or permanent/temporary settlement in Spain. Through a narrative approach, we follow their journeys as they seek, recreate and construct community in a new context and their experiences of belonging and non-belonging are unravelled. The book offers a critical perspective, challenging positivistic, essentialist definitions of community.
This book is a study of nostalgia, belonging and community which provides a new theoretical framework for understanding retirement migration. It is the first account of retirement migration that focuses on the voices of retired working-class British women, who are considering either return migration to the UK or permanent/temporary settlement in Spain. Through a narrative approach, we follow their journeys as they seek, recreate and construct community in a new context and their experiences of belonging and non-belonging are unravelled. The book offers a critical perspective, challenging positivistic, essentialist definitions of community.
Product Details
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
447g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447313304
SKU
V9781447313304
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Ref
99-50
About Anya Ahmed
Anya Ahmed is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Salford, UK, with a background in social policy and sociology. She researches and writes about economic, forced and lifestyle migration and the experiences of less heard groups in societies. She is interested in how constructions of different forms of belonging and community reflect social change and continuity.
Reviews for Retiring to Spain: Women´s Narratives of Nostalgia, Belonging and Community
"A welcome addition to the literature on international retirement migration, offering important and significant conceptual insights into community, belonging and home through in-depth analysis grounded in the daily lives, dreams and disappointments of working class women migrants. Highly recommended." Professor Peter Dwyer, University of York "This fascinating study reveals the complexity of people's journeys undertaken as they search for community. ... Read more