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.
- ISBN13 9781447334507
- Publish Date 1 June 2016 (first published 1 July 2015)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Policy Press
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Pages 208
- Language English