England's Green and Pleasant Lands? Categorising migrants and protecting idylls through respectibilisation

Nathan Kerrigan

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    Abstract

    Using discourse analysis on interviews conducted with host residents from a small rural town in the south of England, the aim of this paper is to explore the way residents categorise migrants in terms of their suitability and attainability of representing the town’s ‘rural idyll’. Analysis shows how the categorisation of migrants was contingent on their social position/standing, in which those who conformed to middle-class occupations (i.e. being a ‘Doctor’) were more readily accepted than those with working-class employment. This paper demonstrates how categories of migrants were used to restrict or enable belonging to the wider rural community in order to protect the ‘rural idyll’ of the town
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationThe 27th European Society of Rural Sociology Congress conference proceedings
    PublisherJagiellonian University
    Pages78-79
    ISBN (Electronic)978-83-947775-0-0
    Publication statusPublished - 2017
    EventThe 27th European Society of Rural Sociology Congress - Krakow, Poland
    Duration: 24 Jul 201727 Jul 2017

    Conference

    ConferenceThe 27th European Society of Rural Sociology Congress
    Country/TerritoryPoland
    CityKrakow
    Period24/07/1727/07/17

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