1st Edition
The Migration of Professional Women from Nigeria to the UK Narratives of Work, Family Life and Adaptation
By Joy Ogbemudia
Copyright 2023
218 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
218 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
218 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Based on interviews with women who were professionals in different fields in Nigeria prior to migrating, The Migration of Professional Women from Nigeria to the UK examines the ways in which professional, middle-class women make sense of their lived experiences, their roles in migration decision-making and their experiences of adaptation in the UK. Drawing on the thought of Mead on the symbolic... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Nigerian Women in Context: (Re)Telling (Her) Story 3. My Journey into the Research Field: Methodological Choices and the Research Process 4. Reconstructing the Past from the Present: Participants’ Lived Experiences in Nigeria 5. Migration Decision Making: Linking Possible Selves to Imagined Futures 6. You’re "On Your Own" (O Y O): Negotiating Early Days Experiences and Integration in the UK 7. Working, Wife-ing and Mothering in the UK: Trajectories of Life Changing Experiences 8. Conclusion
Biography
Joy Ogbemudia is Senior Lecturer at Leeds Business School, Leeds Beckett University, UK.
