Retiring to Spain: Women's Narratives of Nostalgia, Belonging and Community

This Book Is A Study Of Nostalgia, Belonging And Community Which Provides A New Theoretical Framework For Understanding Retirement Migration. It Is The First Account Of Retirement Migration That Focuses On The Voices Of Retired Working-class British Women, Who Are Considering Either Return Migration To The Uk Or Permanent/temporary Settlement In Spain. Through A Narrative Approach, We Follow Their Journeys As They Seek, Recreate And Construct Community In A New Context And Their Experiences Of Belonging And Non-belonging Are Unravelled. The Book Offers A Critical Perspective, Challenging Positivistic, Essentialist Definitions Of Community.