An edition of The British in rural France (2011)

The British in rural France

lifestyle migration and the ongoing quest for a better way of life

The British in rural France
Michaela Benson, Michaela Bens ...
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An edition of The British in rural France (2011)

The British in rural France

lifestyle migration and the ongoing quest for a better way of life

"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 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."--Publisher's website.

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Cover of: British in Rural France
British in Rural France: Lifestyle Migration and the Ongoing Quest for a Better Way of Life
2013, Manchester University Press
in English
Cover of: British in Rural France
British in Rural France: Lifestyle Migration and the Ongoing Quest for a Better Way of Life
2013, Manchester University Press
in English
Cover of: The British in rural France
The British in rural France: lifestyle migration and the ongoing quest for a better way of life
2011, Manchester University Press, Distributed in the U.S. exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-179) and index.

Published in
Manchester, New York, New York
Series
New ethnologies

Classifications

Library of Congress
DC34.5.B75 B46 2011, , DC34.5.B75 B467 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 182 p. :
Number of pages
182

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25158278M
ISBN 13
9780719082498
LCCN
2011500356
OCLC/WorldCat
701811063

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