The British on the Costa del Sol: Transnational Identities and Local Communities

ISBN-13: 9781841420486 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 198 str.

Karen O'Reilly

Opis

'Brits in Spain' first achieved notoriety during the 1980s - popularly imagined as a group made up of exiled criminals, drunken hooligans and leathery looking pensioners - welcome to 'Little England' The British on the Costa Del Sol is the very first book to study this British expatriate community in any great depth and, through use of interviews with members of this community, paints a far more complex picture of its members. In doing so the author explodes the popularly held stereotype of 'Brits in Spain'. What emerges is a rich account of who migrates, their reasons for migration and the day to day realities of expatriate life.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Setting the scene; Chapter 3 Migration; Chapter 4 A way of life; Chapter 5 Ethnicity and identity; Chapter 6 The construction of community; Chapter 7 British migrants;

O autorze

Karen O’Reilly is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Aberdeen.