| Belonging in Brixton: An Ethnography of Migrant West Indian Elders in Brixton, London 2020 Edition Contributor(s): Allwood, Audrey (Author) |
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ISBN: 3030545970 ISBN-13: 9783030545970 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.27 lbs) 321 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |
