TY - JOUR

T1 - Living the "real" dream in la France profonde?

T2 - Lifestyle migration, social distinction, and the authenticities of everyday life

AU - Benson, M.

PY - 2013/3/31

Y1 - 2013/3/31

N2 - For the British residents of rural France, the desire for authentic (rural) living underscored the decision to migrate, while through residence they gain more nuanced understandings of authenticity. This article explores the purpose and meaning that these authenticities have for such lifestyle migrants. As the ethnography in this article demonstrates, claims to the authentic are equally claims to distinctiveness, and should thus be read within the context of the continual processes of social distinction in which these migrants engage.

AB - For the British residents of rural France, the desire for authentic (rural) living underscored the decision to migrate, while through residence they gain more nuanced understandings of authenticity. This article explores the purpose and meaning that these authenticities have for such lifestyle migrants. As the ethnography in this article demonstrates, claims to the authentic are equally claims to distinctiveness, and should thus be read within the context of the continual processes of social distinction in which these migrants engage.

KW - Authenticities

KW - social distinction

KW - rurality

KW - lifestyle migration

KW - France

U2 - 10.1353/anq.2013.0031

DO - 10.1353/anq.2013.0031

M3 - Journal article

VL - 86

SP - 501

EP - 525

JO - Anthropological Quarterly

JF - Anthropological Quarterly

SN - 1534-1518

IS - 2

ER -