Andere machen hier Urlaub, ich lebe hier! - Deutschland- und Sudafrikabilder und die Reprasentation von 'Lifestyle' im Diskurs deutschsprachiger Lifestyle-MigrantInnen im sudlichen Afrika

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: „Others come here for vacation, I live here!'The discursive constructions of Germany and South Africa and the representation of 'life-style' in the discourse of German-speaking lifestyle-migrants in Southern AfricaThis work deals with the discursive constructions of Germany and South Africa in the discourse of German-speaking lifestyle-migrants in Southern Africa. The main purpose of this study is to reconstruct discursive content based on material from the German-speaking online-forum Südafrika-Forum. The findings of this study will then be implemented to explain lifestyle mi-gration as a social phenomenon.While the findings can possibly shed a light upon lifestyle-migration, this study also acknowledges the recent findings about lifestyle migration in sociology to this day. Lifestyle migration, which is typically described as the mobilization of relatively affluent individuals (mostly Westerners), who migrate in search for a better way of life, leads to the concept of lifestyle itself, which shall also be outlined in detail during this work. The discourse analysis in this study will then be contextualized by reflecting the mentioned aspects. The reconstruction of representations of Germany and South Africa in the discourse of German-speaking lifestyle migrants in Southern Africa therefore also contribute to the German-South African contact dis-course and to the migration discourse as well, by elaborating the dreams, aspirations and desires of the relatively affluent German-speaking lifestyle migrants in Southern Africa.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University