A Cultural Sociological Reading of Lifestyle Migration
One of the fundamental issues in lifestyle migration is that the ideals behind it, a quest for a better way of life, are not homogenous across groups and contexts. Unlike other conceptual frameworks within migration, lifestyle migration is embedded in a cultural framing where participants draw from...
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| description | One of the fundamental issues in lifestyle migration is that the ideals behind it, a quest for a better way of life, are not homogenous across groups and contexts. Unlike other conceptual frameworks within migration, lifestyle migration is embedded in a cultural framing where participants draw from a variety of cultural structures to make sense of their experiences. In this paper, I examine narratives from participants in lifestyle migration in Australia. Buried in these narratives are three broad themes: anti-consumerism, nostalgia and boundary maintenance. Using a cultural sociological lens, I propose that this demonstrates the flexibility of the concept of lifestyle migration but also reflects the usefulness of cultural sociology in unpacking this phenomenon further. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-be2f1552f97b4e5cb63846484603577c2022-12-22T04:02:18ZengZRC SAZU, Založba ZRCDve Domovini0353-67771581-12122015-01-014216500A Cultural Sociological Reading of Lifestyle MigrationNick OsbaldistonOne of the fundamental issues in lifestyle migration is that the ideals behind it, a quest for a better way of life, are not homogenous across groups and contexts. Unlike other conceptual frameworks within migration, lifestyle migration is embedded in a cultural framing where participants draw from a variety of cultural structures to make sense of their experiences. In this paper, I examine narratives from participants in lifestyle migration in Australia. Buried in these narratives are three broad themes: anti-consumerism, nostalgia and boundary maintenance. Using a cultural sociological lens, I propose that this demonstrates the flexibility of the concept of lifestyle migration but also reflects the usefulness of cultural sociology in unpacking this phenomenon further.https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/twohomelands/article/view/10774cultural sociologylifestyle migrationtimenostalgiacultural boundaries |
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| title | A Cultural Sociological Reading of Lifestyle Migration |
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| title_full_unstemmed | A Cultural Sociological Reading of Lifestyle Migration |
| title_short | A Cultural Sociological Reading of Lifestyle Migration |
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