Retiring to Spain
Women's Narratives of Nostalgia, Belonging and Community
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Bristol University Press
Published:1st Jul '15
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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.
"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. Their stories of pursuing this often elusive goal are ones of resourcefulness and hope." Professor Graham Crow, University of Edinburgh
"Retiring to Spain is an outstanding resource for scholars with an interest in older women, in retirement, or in narrative methods." The Gerontologist
"A good addition to the methodological literature on narratives in the particularly under-researched area of women’s retirement migration experiences." Dr Kelly Hall, Birmingham University
"A beautifully crafted book confirming the importance of subjectivity and agency framed within persistent gendered social worlds." Professor Louise Ackers, University of Salford
ISBN: 9781447313304
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208 pages