Destination retirement: construction of place identity amongst North American retirees expatriating to Yucatan, Mexico

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dc.contributor.advisorBrown, Denise
dc.contributor.authorO'Brien, Jesse Raymond Patrick
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-18T22:11:40Z
dc.date.available2017-12-18T22:11:40Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 160-167en
dc.descriptionMissing page 1.en
dc.description.abstractThe phenomenon of Canadian and US American baby-boomers moving to foreign locations for the purpose of retirement is a growing demographic trend. This study examines expatriate retiree place identity formation in Progreso, Yucatan, Mexico. The findings of this study argue that the continual 'acculturation' into a demographically similar social 'in-group' of expatriates, and the formation of a social identity and social space that occurs therein, feeds the development of a sense of place imbued with positive meanings, and an identity linked to that place. The cyclical nature of the cultural insertion process is continued with the strengthening of the group-based social identity via the expatriate in-group's rejection of those places - namely, the 'local' place - with which they do not identify, and their celebration of the place with which they do identify, a place that is continually being socially constructed by its inhabitants.
dc.format.extentvi, 174 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier.citationO'Brien, J. R. (2010). Destination retirement: construction of place identity amongst North American retirees expatriating to Yucatan, Mexico (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3737en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/3737
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/104738
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
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dc.titleDestination retirement: construction of place identity amongst North American retirees expatriating to Yucatan, Mexico
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineGeography
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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ucalgary.thesis.accessionTheses Collection 58.002:Box 1954 627942797
ucalgary.thesis.notesUARCen
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