Bibliograph

Retiring to Spain, women's narratives of nostalgia, belonging and community, Anya Ahmed

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Retiring to Spain, women's narratives of nostalgia, belonging and community, Anya Ahmed

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Retiring to Spain

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Anya Ahmed

Sub title

women's narratives of nostalgia, belonging and community

Summary

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

Target audience

adult

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