British migrants in the Turkish countryside: Lifestyle migration, loss of social status and finding 'true life' in difference

Bu makale, Türkiye'de kırsal bölgelere yerleşen belirli bir Britanyalı göçmen grubu üzerinde gerçekleştirilen vaka çalışmasının sonuçlarını tartışmaktadır. Bu göç, yaşam tarzı göçü olarak kavramsallaştırılan daha geniş bir uluslararası göç akışının bir parçasıdır. Yapılan alan araştırması, en azından bu spesifik göçmen grubu açısından, bu göçün toplumsal statü kaybı hissiyatıyla harekete geçirildiğini göstermektedir. Bu makale, bireyselcilik ve tüketim arasındaki bağlantıyı ayrıcalıklandıran bir analizin yetersiz olduğunu ileri sürerek, alan araştırmasının sonuçlarını, bu spesifik hissiyat yapısına odaklanarak, sömürgeci tahayyülle süreklilikleri bağlamında tartışmaktadır

Türkiye kırsalında Britanyalı göçmenler: Yaşam tarzı göçü, toplumsal statü kaybı ve 'doğru yaşam'ı farkta bulmak

This paper discusses the results of a case study carried out on a particular group of British migrants settled in the Turkish countryside. This migration is part of a larger international migration flow conceptualised as lifestyle migration. The fieldwork shows that at least for this group of migrants, migration was motivated by the feeling of lost social status. By suggesting that an analysis which privileges the nexus of individualism and consumption is inadequate, this paper concentrates on this particular structure of feeling and discusses the results of the fieldwork in terms of the continuities with the colonial imagination

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