Migration, Community and Identity

ISBN-13: 9781032415529 / Twarda / 2023 / 216 str.

Flossie (Aberystwyth University) Caerwynt

Opis

Migration, Community and Identity analyses experiences of migration to rural Wales from 1965-1980. It focuses on people who were part of the era’s counterculture, looking for an escape from mainstream society.

Spis treści

Introduction

PART 1

Motivations

1 Why leave? Reasons for joining the countercultural migration

2 Making the move: why Wales?

3 Finding a home: mainstream or alternative?

PART 2

Practices

4 Living the dream? The reality of self-sufficiency

5 Making money: employment and entrepreneurship

6 Away from work: hobbies and interests

PART 3

Belonging

7 Fitting into a new community

8 Dych chi’n siarad Cymraeg? Living with the Welsh language

9 Identity: balancing nation and culture

Conclusion

O autorze

Flossie Caerwynt is a Research Associate in the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences at Aberystwyth University. She has an interest in heritage studies and the impact of the past on the present, with a particular focus on alternative lifestyles and experiments in reimaging society.