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Age, Narrative and Migration
The Life Course and Life Histories of Bengali Elders in London
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Whilst the vast majority of recent research on identity and ethnicity amongst South Asians in Britain has focused upon younger people, this book deals with Bengali elders, the first generation of migrants from Sylhet, in Bangladesh. The book describe s how many of these elders face the processes of ageing, sickness and finally death, in a country where they did not expect to stay and where they do not necessarily feel they belong. The ways in which they talk about and deal with this, and in par ticular, their ambivalence towards Britain and Bangladesh lies at the heart of the book. Centrally, the book is based around the men and womens life stories. In her analysis of these, Gardner shows how narratives play an important role in the for mation of both collective and individual identity and are key domains for the articulation of gender and age. Underlying the stories that people tell, and sometimes hidden within their gaps and silences, are often other issues and concerns. Using par ticular idioms and narrative devices, the elders talk about the contradictions and disjunctions of transmigration, their relationship with and sometimes resistance to, the British State, and what they often present as the breakdown of traditional way s. In addition to this, the book shows that histories, stories and identity are not just narrated through words, but also through the body - an area rarely theorized in studies of migration.
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Berg Publishers; June 2002
262 pages; ISBN 9781845205324
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262 pages; ISBN 9781845205324
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Subject categories
- Academic > Sociology > Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology > Protection, assistance and relief > Immigrants
- Academic > History > History of Great Britain > England > History
- Academic > History > History of Great Britain > England > Local history and description
- Academic > Sociology > Communities. Classes. Races > Races and race relations
- Social Science > Emigration & Immigration
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1845205324
9781845205324
9781859733134
