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Living the "real" dream in la France profonde? Lifestyle migration, social distinction, and the authenticities of everyday life. / Benson, M.
In: Anthropological Quarterly, Vol. 86, No. 2, 31.03.2013, p. 501-525.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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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 - 0003-5491
IS - 2
ER -