Opting for Elsewhere : Lifestyle Migration in the American Middle Class /

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""Opting for Elsewhere examines the stories of everyday Americans who move to new places as a way to redefine themselves through reordering work, family, and personal priorities. Their lifestyle migration expresses longstanding cultural values while also demonstrating developing responses...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Hoey, Brian A., 1968-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, 2014.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Middle class.
Lifestyles.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
HISTORY > United States > 21st Century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Classes moyennes > États-Unis.
Style de vie > États-Unis.
Middle class > United States.
Lifestyles > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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