Retiring to Spain : Women's Narratives of Nostalgia, Belonging and Community /
This title focuses on the lives of a group of women from the UK who moved to the Costa Blanca in Spain in retirement. We follow their journeys as they seek 'community' and belonging in a world characterised by rapid social change. Imbued with nostalgic yearning, community is hailed as a pa...
Auteur principal: | |
---|---|
Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
Publié: |
Bristol :
Policy Press,
2015.
|
Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
|
Sujets: | |
Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Résumé: | This title focuses on the lives of a group of women from the UK who moved to the Costa Blanca in Spain in retirement. We follow their journeys as they seek 'community' and belonging in a world characterised by rapid social change. Imbued with nostalgic yearning, community is hailed as a panacea to theills of modernity and as a representation of social continuity. |
---|---|
Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (208 pages). |
ISBN: | 9781447313311 |