Retirement migration : paradoxes of ageing / Caroline Oliver.

Author/Creator:

Oliver, Caroline, 1976-

Publication:

New York : Routledge, c2008.

Series:

Routledge research in population and migration ; 9.
Routledge research in population and migration

Format/Description:

Book
x, 197 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects:

Retirement, Places of -- Foreign countries.
Retirement, Places of -- Spain.
Aging.

Contents:

Introduction : flirting with freedom
Cultural contexts : positive ageing, migration and place
Location, location, location : retiring in Spain
The time of our lives : temporality and the life course
Does age matter? Positive ageing and place
Community and the individual in migrants' Spain
Cultural identities, ageing and death
Conclusion : paradoxes of ageing in retirement migration.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-190) and index.

ISBN:

9780415372718 (hardback : alk. paper)
0415372712 (hardback : alk. paper)

OCLC:

77759062

Online:

Table of contents only
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip078/2006102912.html

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