Identity, Old(er) Age and Migrancy : : A Social Constructionist Lens.

• Superior document: Linköping Studies in Arts and Sciences Series ; v.716
• Author: Machat-From, Laura.
• Place / Publishing House: Linköping : : Linkopings Universitet,, 2017.; {copy}2017.
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Linköping Studies in Arts and Sciences Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (316 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Abstract -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Aims and questions -- Outline of the dissertation -- Chapter 2: Setting the stage -- How is old(er) age understood in this study? -- Constructions of old(er) age and old(er) age identities -- How is migrancy understood in this study? -- The construction of migrancy vis-à-vis Swedishness -- Older migrants in Sweden -- Demographic background -- The construction of the category of "elderly immigrants" in Sweden -- Chapter 3: Theoretical frame -- Identity: A much debated concept -- Definitions of identity and disciplinary differences -- Disciplinary differences -- Definitions -- Understanding identity categories in an essentialist, circumstantialist and constructionist manner -- A social constructionist approach to identity and identity categories -- The basics of social constructionism -- Construction sites -- The structural level: Identity categories and power -- The interactional level: The negotiation and accomplishment of identities -- Tying up loose ends -- Chapter 4: Literature review -- Previous research on identity and older migrants -- Table 4.1: Literature on identity and older migrants: to what extent has previous research been interested in ageing and/or old(er) age as well as ethnicity and/or migration? -- Ethnicity, migration or both with old(er) age as a given -- Ethnicity, migration or both with an interest in old(er) age in terms of time lived -- Research on identity and older migrants with focus on other identity questions -- Research on identity and older migrants with interest in ethnicity, migration or both AND ageing, old(er) age or both -- The sampling of older migrants in previous research -- What about old(er) age and migrancy? -- Chapter 5: Methodology -- Designing the study -- Choosing the interview -- Sampling strategy.

Conducting the study -- Recruitment of interviewees -- Table 5.1: Overview over sample (based on information provided by interviewees) -- Sample description -- Interview guide and interview procedure -- Analysing the empirical material -- The process of analysis -- The quality of qualitative research -- Language and translation -- Ethical considerations -- Limitations -- Chapter 6: The whens of old(er) age -- When does old(er) age seem to become meaningful? -- When do interviewees seem to self-define as old(er)? -- Table 6.1: When and how does old(er) age seem to become meaningful? -- When do interviewees seem to think that others define them as old(er)? -- Fleeting identifications? -- Chapter 7: Negotiating old(er) age -- How does old(er) age seem to be negotiated? -- Table 7.1: How does old(er) age seem to be negotiated? -- Seen as old(er)? Direct responses -- Presenting oneself as not old(er) yet -- Distinguishing between the inside and the outside -- Presenting oneself as old(er) but different -- Shifting along a continuum? -- Chapter 8: The whens of migrancy -- When does migrancy seem to become meaningful? -- Around what markers does difference seem to be constructed? -- Table 8.1: When and how does migrancy seem to become meaningful? -- How does migrancy seem to become relevant? -- How pervasive does migrancy seem to be? -- Perpetual reminders? -- Chapter 9: Negotiating migrancy -- How does migrancy seem to be negotiated? -- Table 9.1: How does migrancy seem to be negotiated? -- Seen as an (im)migrant? Direct responses -- Emphasising similarity to the native population -- Emphasising difference from other (im)migrants -- Limits to claiming a native identity -- Similarity and difference: Two sides of the same coin? -- Chapter 10: Bringing together the whens, whos and hows of old(er) age and migrancy.

The identity category of old(er) age: When, who and how? -- Ways of speaking and overall identifications pertaining to old(er) age -- Table 10.1: Various ways of talking about old(er) people and overall identifications with regards to old(er) age -- Table 10.2: Overall internal and external definitions regarding old(er) age -- The identity category of migrancy: When, who and how? -- Ways of speaking and overall identifications pertaining to migrancy -- Table 10.3: References to identities pertaining to migrancy and overall identifications with regards to migrancy -- Table 10.4: Overall internal and external definitions regarding migrancy -- Old(er) age and migrancy: Overall identifications combined -- Table 10.5: Overall identifications pertaining to both old(er) age and migrancy -- Chapter 11: Breaking new paths? -- Identity, old(er) age and migrancy -- A social constructionist lens -- Pathways for future research -- Identity?... The debate continues -- Swedish summary - sammanfattning på svenska -- Bibliography -- Appendix I: Interview guide -- Appendix II: Letter of information -- Appendix III: Form of consent.