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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: international retirement migration on film
— forum article | | Author(s) | Claudia Bell |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 37, no 10, November 2017 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, November 2017 |
| Pages | pp 1975-1986 |
| Full text* | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X1600057X |
| Annotation | The two movies about The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012 and 2015) were directed by John Madden. Starring a cast of famous British older actors, the narratives are set in a faded hotel in India. These are individuals who have relocated because their retirement dreams cannot be realised in their home country. They reflect the growing phenomenon of international retirement migration (IRM), the quickly growing upsurge of financially independent individuals seeking an affordable old age. In India, they can claim a position of relative comfort and privilege. For a generation that grew up in a consumerist culture, upward mobility in the later stages of life has become a purchasable commodity through exodus to a developing country. When compared to previous generations of older people, this generation of retirees is generally in better health and with a longer life expectancy. Many have a background of travel experience, and an ethos that places their own pleasures in life as pivotal. While global numbers are unavailable, it is estimated that there are millions of retirees relocating to less-developed countries for an affordable retirement. At retirement locations such as the Marigold Hotel, the discrepancies that continue between nations, and local poverty, enable this practice. The events in these movies might be read as a recapitulation of imperialism, expressed through retirement migration. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-171110001 A |
| Classmark | HMF: TOB: TN: BB6: 7FA |
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