Campsite Migrants

British Caravanners and Homemaking in Benidorm

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2436611
AutoresH H Leivestad (0000-0002-2940-8304, Stockholm University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2017
Volumen7
Número3
Páginas181-188
Fecha de publicación2017-09-26
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaNordic Journal of Migration Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1799-649X • E-ISSN: 1799-649X
EditorialHelsinki University Press (PUBLISHER • FI)
DOI10.1515/njmr-2017-0022
OpenAlexW2754379324
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas26

Based on ethnographic fieldwork amongst British migrants on a Spanish Camping and caravan site, this article argues that the home is a productive entrance point for understanding the dynamics of this form of migration. Whilst campsites are planned and legally regulated as leisure spheres for mobile camping, touring caravans provide an affordable option for migrants otherwise excluded from the Spanish property market. In this article, I show how economic activities are centred on the caravan homemaking wherein mobile dwellings are transformed into - and used as - immobile living units. The making of the caravan home is furthermore central to the shaping and maintenance of social networks of support that are based on 'handyman' manual labour and a cash economy

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