Age, Narrative and Migration: The Life Course and Life Histories of Bengali Elders in London

ISBN-13: 9780367716752 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 262 str.

Katy Gardner

Opis

Whilst the vast majority of recent research on identity and ethnicity amongst South Asians in Britain has focused upon younger people, this book deals with Bengali elders, the first generation of migrants from Sylhet, in Bangladesh.

Spis treści

1 Journeys, Age and Narrative: An Introduction 2 Ways of Telling 3 Two Elders4 Mens Histories: Narratives of Masculinity and Migration 5 Womens Histories: The Transnational Work of Kinship and Caring 6 Ageing Bodies: Dependency, Ambivalence and Protest 7 Narrating Sickness: Womens and Mens Accounts of Strokes and Chronic Illness The Final Journey: Death, Ritual and Return to the Desh 9 Conclusion: Desh-Bidesh Revisited.

O autorze

Katy Gardner Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology,University of Sussex