عنوان

Age, narrative, and migration :

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0585484384

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1280548339

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1474214274

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1845205324

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1859733131

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9780585484389

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9781280548338

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9781474214278

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9781845205324

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9781859733134

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b782987

Title Proper

Age, narrative, and migration :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

the life course and life histories of Bengali elders in London /

First Statement of Responsibility

Katy Gardner.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Berg,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2002.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (vii, 254 pages)

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-248) and index.

Text of Note

Journeys, Age and Narrative: An Introduction -- Ways of Telling -- Two Elders -- Men's Histories -- Women's Histories -- Ageing Bodies: Dependency, Ambivalence and Protest -- Narrating Sickness -- The Final Journey: Death, Ritual and Return to the Desh -- Conclusion: Desh-Bidesh Revisited.

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Text of Note

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 particular, their ambivalence towards Britain and Bangladesh lies at the heart of the book. Centrally, the book is based around the men and women's life stories. In her analysis of these, Gardner shows how narratives play an important role in the formation 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 particular 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' ways. 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.

Text of Note

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

Title

Age, narrative, and migration.

Bengali (South Asian people)-- England-- London.

Narration (Rhetoric)

Older immigrants-- England-- London.

Reminiscing in old age.

Bengali (South Asian people)

Emigration and immigration.

Ethnic relations.

Narration (Rhetoric)

Older immigrants.

Reminiscing in old age.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Discrimination & Race Relations.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Minority Studies.

London (England), Ethnic relations.

Sylhet District (Bangladesh), Emigration and immigration.

Bangladesh, Sylhet District.

England, London.

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SOC-- 002010

SOC-- 020000

SOC-- 031000

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Edition

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Book number

Gardner, Katy,1964-

Date of Transaction

20201206212556.0

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