Gender, sexuality and national identity in the lives of British lifestyle migrants in Spain : chasing the rainbow / Laura Dixon.

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

©2021

vii, 184 pages ; 25 cm.

"This book takes an intimate look at the lives of British migrants in Sitges, an affluent coastal tourist town in Northern Spain and investigates ideas of gender, sexuality and national identity as they are brought to life through the voices of British lifestyle migrants. Situating Sitges as a specifically affluent and 'middle-class' location representing a particular form of lifestyle immigration, this rich and detailed study explores how the experiences of British migrants re-inscribe culturally specific understandings of the relationship between space, place, culture and identity. What ultimately emerges is an account of the complex structural constraints of identity, as British migrants find themselves stuck within the stereotype of badly-behaved Brits Abroad and entangled in highly conservative conceptualisations of gender and sexuality, that leave them unable to live the kind of cosmopolitan lifestyles that they so purposefully sought. This is a fascinating study suitable for researchers in Gender and Sexuality Studies, Tourism, Sociology and Anthropology"-- Provided by publisher.

Online version: Dixon, Laura (Tourism scholar). Gender, sexuality and national identity in the lives of British lifestyle migrants in Spain Abingdon, Oxon ; New Yor, NY : Routledge, 2021.

English

June 04, 2021

Global gender

Includes bibliographical references and index.