The British in Rural France: Lifestyle migration and the ongoing quest for a better way of life (New Ethnographies) - Tapa blanda

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Benson, Michaela

 
9780719095542: The British in Rural France: Lifestyle migration and the ongoing quest for a better way of life (New Ethnographies)
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ISBN 10: 0719095549 ISBN 13: 9780719095542
Editorial: Manchester University Press, 2014

Sinopsis

A study of how lifestyle choices intersect with migration, and how this relationship frames and shapes post-migration lives.

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Michaela Caroline Benson is currently a Research Assistant in the Centre for Urban Studies at the University of Bristol

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The British in rural France is a study of how lifestyle choices intersect with migration, and how this relationship frames and shapes post-migration lives. It presents a conceptual framework for understanding post-migration lives that incorporates culturally-specific imaginings, lived experiences, individual life histories, and personal circumstances. Through an ethnographic lens incorporating in-depth interviews, participant observation, life and migration histories, this monograph reveals the complex process by which migrants negotiate and make meaningful their lives following migration.

By promoting their own ideologies and lifestyle choices relative to those of others, British migrants in rural France reinforce their position as members of the British middle-class, but also take authorship of their lives in a way not possible before migration. This is evident in the pursuit of a better way of life that initially motivated migration and continues to characterise post-migration lives. As the book argues this ongoing quest is both reflective of wider ideologies about living, particularly the desire for authentic living, and subtle processes of social distinction. In these respects The British in rural France provides a unique empirical example of the relationship between the pursuit of authenticity and middle-class identification practices.

The book will be of interest to lifestyle migration and migration specialists, sociologists, social anthropologists, human geographers, scholars of tourism, as well as being accessible to individuals with a broader interest in this social phenomenon.

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The British in rural France is a study of how lifestyle choices intersect with migration, and how this relationship frames and shapes post-migration lives. It presents a conceptual framework for understanding post-migration lives that incorporates culturally-specific imaginings, lived experiences, individual life histories, and personal circumstances. Through an ethnographic lens incorporating in-depth interviews, participant observation, life and migration histories, this monograph reveals the complex process by which migrants negotiate and make meaningful their lives following migration. By promoting their own ideologies and lifestyle choices relative to those of others, British migrants in rural France reinforce their position as members of the British middle-class, but also take authorship of their lives in a way not possible before migration. This is evident in the pursuit of a better way of life that initially motivated migration and continues to characterise post-migration lives. As the book argues this ongoing quest is both reflective of wider ideologies about living, particularly the desire for authentic living, and subtle processes of social distinction. In these respects The British in rural France provides a unique empirical example of the relationship between the pursuit of authenticity and middle-class identification practices. The book will be of interest to lifestyle migration and migration specialists, sociologists, social anthropologists, human geographers, scholars of tourism, as well as being accessible to individuals with a broader interest in this social phenomenon.

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Editorial
Manchester University Press
Año de publicación
2014
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ISBN 10 
0719095549
ISBN 13 
9780719095542
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Número de páginas
194
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9780719082498: The British in Rural France: Lifestyle Migration and the Ongoing Quest for a Better Way of Life (New Ethnographies)

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ISBN 10:  0719082498 ISBN 13:  9780719082498
Editorial: Manchester University Press, 2011
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