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010 _a 2014008051
020 _a9780826520050
_q(hardback)
020 _a9780826520067
_q(paperback)
020 _z9780826520074 (ebook)
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100 1 _aHoey, Brian A.,
_d1968-
245 1 0 _aOpting for elsewhere :
_blifestyle migration in the American middle class /
_cBrian A. Hoey.
264 1 _aNashville :
_bVanderbilt University Press,
_c[2014]
300 _axvi, 254 pages ;
_c26 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
520 _a""Do you get told what the good life is, or do you figure it out for yourself?" This is the central question of Opting for Elsewhere, as the reader encounters stories of people who chose relocation as a way of redefining themselves and reordering work, family, and personal priorities. This is a book about the impulse to start over. Whether downshifting from stressful careers or being downsized from jobs lost in a surge of economic restructuring, lifestyle migrants seek refuge in places that seem to resonate with an idealized, potential self. Choosing the "option of elsewhere" and moving as a means of remaking self through sheer force of will are basic facets of American character, forged in its history as a developing nation of immigrants with a seemingly ever-expanding frontier. Building off years of interviews and research in the Midwest, including areas of Michigan, Brian Hoey provides an evocative illustration of the ways these sweeping changes impact people and the communities where 'they live and work as well as how both react--devising strategies for either coping with or challenging the status quo. This portrait of starting over in the heartland of America compels the reader to ask where we are going next as an emerging postindustrial society"--
_cProvided by publisher.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 219-243) and index.
505 _apt. 1. Introductions -- Reinvent or die -- Constructing the good -- Moral horizons -- Place -- pt. 2. Patterns of migration -- A story of lifestyle migration -- Locating the "fifth migration" -- pt. 3. Searching for meaning -- Place of work -- Consumption of place -- Place for personhood -- pt. 4. Moving on -- The option of elsewhere -- Potential self -- Making transitions -- pt. 5. Conclusions -- Migrants and locals -- Place of lifestyle migration -- Epilogue: Reinvent the pie -- Appendix 1. Methodological considerations -- Appendix 2. Initial interview guide.
650 0 _aLifestyles
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aMiddle class
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aMigration, internal
_zUnited States.
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.
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650 7 _aHISTORY / United States / 21st Century.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
_2bisacsh
651 0 _aTraverse City (Mich.)
_xSocial life and customs.
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