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Identity, Old(er) Age and Migrancy : A Social Constructionist Lens.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Machat-From, Laura.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Linköping : Linkopings Universitet, 2017.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Linköping Studies in Arts and Sciences Series
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Abstract
  • Acknowledgements
  • Table of contents
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Aims and questions
  • Outline of the dissertation
  • Chapter 2: Setting the stage
  • How is old(er) age understood in this study?
  • Constructions of old(er) age and old(er) age identities
  • How is migrancy understood in this study?
  • The construction of migrancy vis-à-vis Swedishness
  • Older migrants in Sweden
  • Demographic background
  • The construction of the category of "elderly immigrants" in Sweden
  • Chapter 3: Theoretical frame
  • Identity: A much debated concept
  • Definitions of identity and disciplinary differences
  • Disciplinary differences
  • Definitions
  • Understanding identity categories in an essentialist, circumstantialist and constructionist manner
  • A social constructionist approach to identity and identity categories
  • The basics of social constructionism
  • Construction sites
  • The structural level: Identity categories and power
  • The interactional level: The negotiation and accomplishment of identities
  • Tying up loose ends
  • Chapter 4: Literature review
  • Previous research on identity and older migrants
  • Table 4.1: Literature on identity and older migrants: to what extent has previous research been interested in ageing and/or old(er) age as well as ethnicity and/or migration?
  • Ethnicity, migration or both with old(er) age as a given
  • Ethnicity, migration or both with an interest in old(er) age in terms of time lived
  • Research on identity and older migrants with focus on other identity questions
  • Research on identity and older migrants with interest in ethnicity, migration or both AND ageing, old(er) age or both
  • The sampling of older migrants in previous research
  • What about old(er) age and migrancy?
  • Chapter 5: Methodology
  • Designing the study
  • Choosing the interview
  • Sampling strategy.
  • Conducting the study
  • Recruitment of interviewees
  • Table 5.1: Overview over sample (based on information provided by interviewees)
  • Sample description
  • Interview guide and interview procedure
  • Analysing the empirical material
  • The process of analysis
  • The quality of qualitative research
  • Language and translation
  • Ethical considerations
  • Limitations
  • Chapter 6: The whens of old(er) age
  • When does old(er) age seem to become meaningful?
  • When do interviewees seem to self-define as old(er)?
  • Table 6.1: When and how does old(er) age seem to become meaningful?
  • When do interviewees seem to think that others define them as old(er)?
  • Fleeting identifications?
  • Chapter 7: Negotiating old(er) age
  • How does old(er) age seem to be negotiated?
  • Table 7.1: How does old(er) age seem to be negotiated?
  • Seen as old(er)? Direct responses
  • Presenting oneself as not old(er) yet
  • Distinguishing between the inside and the outside
  • Presenting oneself as old(er) but different
  • Shifting along a continuum?
  • Chapter 8: The whens of migrancy
  • When does migrancy seem to become meaningful?
  • Around what markers does difference seem to be constructed?
  • Table 8.1: When and how does migrancy seem to become meaningful?
  • How does migrancy seem to become relevant?
  • How pervasive does migrancy seem to be?
  • Perpetual reminders?
  • Chapter 9: Negotiating migrancy
  • How does migrancy seem to be negotiated?
  • Table 9.1: How does migrancy seem to be negotiated?
  • Seen as an (im)migrant? Direct responses
  • Emphasising similarity to the native population
  • Emphasising difference from other (im)migrants
  • Limits to claiming a native identity
  • Similarity and difference: Two sides of the same coin?
  • Chapter 10: Bringing together the whens, whos and hows of old(er) age and migrancy.
  • The identity category of old(er) age: When, who and how?
  • Ways of speaking and overall identifications pertaining to old(er) age
  • Table 10.1: Various ways of talking about old(er) people and overall identifications with regards to old(er) age
  • Table 10.2: Overall internal and external definitions regarding old(er) age
  • The identity category of migrancy: When, who and how?
  • Ways of speaking and overall identifications pertaining to migrancy
  • Table 10.3: References to identities pertaining to migrancy and overall identifications with regards to migrancy
  • Table 10.4: Overall internal and external definitions regarding migrancy
  • Old(er) age and migrancy: Overall identifications combined
  • Table 10.5: Overall identifications pertaining to both old(er) age and migrancy
  • Chapter 11: Breaking new paths?
  • Identity, old(er) age and migrancy
  • A social constructionist lens
  • Pathways for future research
  • Identity?... The debate continues
  • Swedish summary - sammanfattning på svenska
  • Bibliography
  • Appendix I: Interview guide
  • Appendix II: Letter of information
  • Appendix III: Form of consent.

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