More to life. Envejecimiento, salud y cuidados en la migración internacional de retiro a la Costa Blanca (Alicante)

Identifier:  TDX:1331

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX1331

Authors:  Hurtado Garcia, Inmaculada

Abstract:
The current thesis is part of a framework for reflection on social changes derived from the migratory movements in Spain. It is focussed on those retirees that move from the centre and north of Europe. Particularly, with regards to the manifestation of this social phenomenon in the south of Alicante (Costa Blanca) by British citizens. From a wider anthropological approach the author endeavours to demonstrate a more complex and comprehensive analysis of these movements, the emigrants and the relationship with the destination society. Central to this analysis is the interaction between migration, health and ageing. The socio-health field and the European retirees own experiences will highlight the crossed categorization of these social phenomena, the selective application of the cultural concept, the new assistance maps, the social transformations in ageing experiences, and the differences in representation models and “care” practices.