Open AccessГДЕ ЈЕ БОЉЕ? – ФАКТОР СРЕЋЕ ИЛИТИ НАРАТИВИ О МИГРАЦИЈИ –
Author(s) -
György Szerbhorváth
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
godišnjak za sociologiju - filozofski fakultet u nišu/godišnjak za sociologiju
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-6360
pISSN - 1451-9739
DOI - 10.46630/gsoc.26.2021.04
Subject(s) - contentment , alienation , feeling , happiness , narrative , interpretation (philosophy) , emigration , gender studies , qualitative research , sociology , social psychology , psychology , history , social science , political science , art , literature , archaeology , computer science , law , programming language
IIn our study, which is based on qualitative interviews and conversations, we examined, how Hungarians who emigrated to the West, live and interpret their lives along with those who returned home to Hungary or are considering returning. Happiness and contentment in their lives are determined by countless, complex interactive attitudes, and a whole range of motivations that determine both emigration and the possibility of returning home. Our interviewees were mostly around 40 years old and presented their life experiences in different narratives. We found satisfaction among those who live abroad. When it comes to those who returned home, the key reasons are the lack of integration abroad, feeling of alienation, hard work, as is it to the detriment of free time, social and marital relations, which is not necessarily compensated by the material well-being. In the age of transnationalism, new patterns of mobility and migration are emerging, and the question of “where is better” has become an important element of human self-interpretation and self-esteem.