The post-war decades of the 1950s to the 1970s saw a mass migration from Cyprus to the UK. More recent years, however, have witnessed a 'return' to Cyprus of the British-born children of Cypriot migrants in the UK. Drawing on multi-site fieldwork, and adopting a life narrative approach, this book offers a refreshing and contemporary account of the motives, experiences and life views of these second-generation British Cypriots, as they choose to build their lives in their parents' birth country: a Cyprus that has been dramatically altered by globalisation, mass tourism and immigration since...
The post-war decades of the 1950s to the 1970s saw a mass migration from Cyprus to the UK. More recent years, however, have witnessed a 'return' to Cy...
Drawing on multisite fieldwork and adopting a life-narrative approach, this book offers a contemporary account of the motives, experiences, and life views of second-generation British Cypriots as they build their lives in their parents' birth country: a Cyprus that has been dramatically altered by globalization, mass tourism, and immigration since the first generation of immigrants left for British shores. This work shows how this new wave of migrants, unlike their parents who moved from Cyprus to the UK mainly out of economic necessity, tend to view their relocation to Cyprus as a lifestyle...
Drawing on multisite fieldwork and adopting a life-narrative approach, this book offers a contemporary account of the motives, experiences, and life v...
