Author : Audrey Allwood
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030545989
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)
Book Synopsis Belonging in Brixton by : Audrey Allwood
Download or read book Belonging in Brixton written by Audrey Allwood and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-19 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.