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This chapter summarises how a theoretical lens of positioning has situated this local study within its wider social context and how analysis across different datasets demonstrates the local appropriation of wider ideologies. Revisiting practice theory summarises how the habitual ways of the enduring self conflict with the ideal migrant. The chapter also reviews the relevance of class culture within the Ariège context, arguing that the distinctions owe more to a prevailing ideology—a Discourse of lifestyle migration—that is legitimised across all social classes. This coherent body of talk is an individually negotiated resource within identity construction. The chapter ends with an invitation to consider the potential for negative effects on face and self-esteem for those positioned as the ‘wrong’ kind of migrant.
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Lawson, M. (2016). Conclusion. In: Identity, Ideology and Positioning in Discourses of Lifestyle Migration. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33566-7_7
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