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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...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Ahmed, Anya (auteur.)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Bristol : Policy Press, 2015.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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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