Growing old in a transnational social field: belonging, mobility and identity among Italian migrants

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Growing old in a transnational social field: belonging, mobility and identity among Italian migrants

This article focuses on ageing in transnationalism. Drawing on the experiences of Italians in the UK as a paradigmatic example of settled European migrants, it explores the lived experiences of this group of older migrants. Using Levitt and Glick Schiller’s framework,it concentrates first on migrant...

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Main Author:	Zontini, Elisabetta
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis 2014
Subjects:	ageing; labour migrants; transnationalism; identity; belonging; Italians
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51772/

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