Opting for elsewhere : lifestyle migration in the American middle class /

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""Do you get told what the good life is, or do you figure it out for yourself?" This is the central question of Opting for Elsewhere, as the reader encounters stories of people who chose relocation as a way of redefining themselves and reordering work, family, and personal priorities....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hoey, Brian A., 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, 2014.
Temas:
Lifestyles > United States.
Middle class > United States.
Style de vie > États-Unis.
Classes moyennes > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
HISTORY > United States > 21st Century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
Lifestyles
Middle class
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; I. Introductions; 1. Reinvent or Die; 2. Constructing the Good; 3. Moral Horizons; 4. Place; II. Patterns of Migration; 5. A Story of Lifestyle Migration; 6. Locating the "Fifth Migration"; III. Searching for Meaning; 7. Place of Work; 8. Consumption of Place; 9. Place for Personhood; IV. Moving On; 10. The Option of Elsewhere; 11. Potential Self; 12. Making Transitions; V. Conclusions; 13. Migrants and Locals; 14. Place of Lifestyle Migration; Epilogue: Reinvent the Pie; Appendix 1: Methodological Considerations.
  • Appendix 2: Initial Interview GuideNotes; Works Cited; Index.

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