The British on The Costa Del Sol'Brits in Spain' first achieved notoriety during the 1980s - popularly imagined as a group made up of exiled criminals, drunken hooligans and leathery looking pensioners - welcome to 'Little England'! The British on the Costa Del Sol is the very first book to study this British expatriate community in any great depth and, through use of interviews with members of this community, paints a far more complex picture of its members. In doing so the author explodes the popularly held stereotype of 'Brits in Spain'. What emerges is a rich account of who migrates, their reasons for migration and the day to day realities of expatriate life. |
Contents
| 1 | |
Setting the scene | 23 |
Migration | 39 |
A way of life | 69 |
Ethnicity and identity | 85 |
The construction of community | 118 |
betwixt and between Notes | 140 |
References | 171 |
| 183 | |
| 184 | |
| 186 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
able activities apparently asked attempt become boundaries Britain British in Spain British migrants Britons Chapter clubs colonisers commitment concerned considered construction Costa culture described discussed economic elderly England English escape especially ethnic Europe European example exchange expatriates experience feel Field foreign friends Fuengirola Full Resident go home holiday identify identity images immigrants important individuals integration interest interviewed involved King language less living living in Spain mass means meet months move never notes offered older organisations past permanent permanent migrants political problems refer reflect reports retired Seasonal sense settled shared situation social society Spain Spanish speak spend stay suggests symbols talk tell things told tourists trend usually Visitors woman