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Belonging in Brixton: An Ethnography of Migrant West Indian Elders in Brixton, London

By Audrey Allwood

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing;Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2020
ISBN
9783030545970, 9783030545987
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-54598-7
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5142310 bytes)
Edition
1st ed.
Pages
XXXI, 321\341
Time added
2021-01-06 05:41:07
Social Inequality; Sociology of FamilySocial Sciences; Social Anthropology; Ethnography;Youth and Aging

Description

This volume provides a unique perspective on elderly working-class West Indian migrants in the UK, particularly examining how they negotiate their sense of belonging. Utilizing the life span gaze and including elements of oral history and narrative, this ethnography provides rich insight into the ordinary lives, migratory circumstances, social networks, and interactions with the state as residents in a sheltered housing scheme in Brixton, London. The author further compiles a variety of genealogy charts, providing a uniquely vivid scholarly analysis of the Caribbean migrant experience both in a “place” and through space and time. Ultimately, this work contemplates how communities face change whilst at once developing a local symbolic cultural site, navigating adaptation to new economic and social environments.

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