The construction of Heimat under conditions of individualised modernity: Swiss and British elderly migrants in Spain

Ageing and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 327-351

  Huber, Andreas ^a   O'Reilly, Karen ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British; Costa Blanca; Costa del Sol; Ethnography; Heimat; Home; Networks; Retirement migration; Spain; Swiss

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LIFESTYLE; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; RETIREMENT;

ALICANTE [COMUNIDAD VALENCIA]; ANDALUCIA; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; COSTA BLANCA; COSTA DEL SOL; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 2442670065     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X03001478     Document Type: Article

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