Special Issue Article
Campsite Migrants: British Caravanners and Homemaking in Benidorm
Author:
Hege Høyer Leivestad
Department of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University, SE
Abstract
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.
How to Cite:
Leivestad, H.H., 2017. Campsite Migrants: British Caravanners and Homemaking in Benidorm. Nordic Journal of Migration Research, 7(3), pp.181–188. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1515/njmr-2017-0022
Published on
26 Sep 2017.
Peer Reviewed
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