1st Edition
Age, Narrative and Migration The Life Course and Life Histories of Bengali Elders in London
By Katy Gardner
Copyright 2002
262 Pages
by
Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
1 Journeys, Age and Narrative: An Introduction 2 Ways of Telling 3 Two Elders4 Mens Histories: Narratives of Masculinity and Migration 5 Womens Histories: The Transnational Work of Kinship and Caring 6 Ageing Bodies: Dependency, Ambivalence and Protest 7 Narrating Sickness: Womens and Mens Accounts of Strokes and Chronic Illness The Final Journey: Death, Ritual and Return to the Desh 9 Conclusion: Desh-Bidesh Revisited.
Biography
Katy Gardner Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology,University of Sussex
