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Identity, Ideology and Positioning in Discourses of Lifestyle Migration

The British in the Ariège

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  1. Michelle Lawson

    1. Open University , Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

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  • Takes an interdisciplinary approach using social theory as a starting point to understand the social practices of lifestyle migration
  • Considers the implications of a prevailing system of beliefs whereby migrants are positioned within the wrong or less legitimate ‘binary opposite’ of lifestyle migration
  • Draws three datasets together and integrates a corpus analysis with local positioning analysis

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Studying the British in the Ariège

    • Michelle Lawson
    Pages 1-16

  3. Lifestyle Migration and the British in France

    • Michelle Lawson
    Pages 17-28

  4. The British Media and the Brits in France

    • Michelle Lawson
    Pages 29-48

  5. Life in the Ariège, in English: The Online Forum

    • Michelle Lawson
    Pages 49-68

  6. Migrant Identity and the ‘Other’ in Narrative Positioning

    • Michelle Lawson
    Pages 69-100

  7. Negotiating the Moral Landscape of Lifestyle Migration: Identity Work and ‘Integration’

    • Michelle Lawson
    Pages 101-122

  8. Conclusion

    • Michelle Lawson
    Pages 123-134

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 135-140
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About this book

This book uniquely integrates discourse analysis and corpus linguistics to examine representations of the self and other within lifestyle migration.  With a focus on British migrants living in the Ariège, south-west France, the study identifies common positioning strategies to demonstrate links between wider themes and local identity construction. Drawing on positioning theory and related analytical tools, Lawson is the first to integrate a corpus of British media texts with online and face to face discourse.  The book presents a detailed identification of ideologies relating to being British in France, and the linguistic analysis demonstrates how this value system is both taken up and habitually manipulated within local discourse as a resource for negotiating a particular kind of identity.  Using social theory to underpin the analysis of positioning strategies in interaction, the book enhances our understanding of the complex possibilities within processes of self-identification in a migration context.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Open University , Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

    Michelle Lawson

About the author

Michelle Lawson is an Honorary Associate and an Associate Lecturer for the Open University, UK. She completed her doctorate in Applied Linguistics at Lancaster University and is a member of the Lifestyle Migration research hub. She contributed to an edited volume: Practising the Good Life: Lifestyle Migration in Practices, edited by K. Torkington, I. David, & J. Sardinha.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Identity, Ideology and Positioning in Discourses of Lifestyle Migration

  • Book Subtitle: The British in the Ariège

  • Authors: Michelle Lawson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33566-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-33565-0Published: 09 August 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81549-7Published: 07 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-33566-7Published: 26 July 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 140

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Discourse Analysis, Sociolinguistics, Migration, Self and Identity, Corpus Linguistics

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