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      Gardens, transitions and identity reconstruction among older Chinese immigrants to New Zealand

      Li, Wendy Wen; Hodgetts, Darrin; Ho, Elsie
      DOI
       10.1177/1359105310368179
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       hpq.sagepub.com
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      Li, W.W., Hodgetts, D. & Ho, E. (2010). Gardens, transitions and identity reconstruction among older Chinese immigrants to New Zealand. Journal of Health Psychology, 15(5), 786-796.
      Permanent Research Commons link: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/4212
      Abstract
      Psychologists have foregrounded the importance of links between places and daily practices in the construction of subjectivities and well-being. This article explores domestic gardening practices among older Chinese immigrants. Initial and follow-up interviews were conducted with 32 Chinese adults ranging in age from 62 to 77 years. Participants recount activities such as gardening as a means of forging a new sense of self and place in their adoptive country. Gardening provides a strategy for self-reconstruction through spatiotemporally establishing biographical continuity between participants’ old lives in China and their new lives in New Zealand.
      Date
      2010-07
      Type
      Journal Article
      Publisher
      SAGE
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