Retiring to Spain: Women's Narratives of Nostalgia, Belonging and Community
Anya Ahmed, "Retiring to Spain: Women's Narratives of Nostalgia, Belonging and Community"
English | ISBN: 1447313305 | 2015 | 208 pages | PDF | 6 MB
English | ISBN: 1447313305 | 2015 | 208 pages | PDF | 6 MB
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.