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Age, Narrative and Migration - The Life Course and Life Histories of Bengali Elders in London (Hardcover, First)
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Age, Narrative and Migration - The Life Course and Life Histories of Bengali Elders in London (Hardcover, First)
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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 describes 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.
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