TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ogbemudia,Joy
TI  - The migration of professional women from Nigeria to the UK: narratives of work, family life and adaptation 
T2  - Studies in migration and diaspora
SN  - 9781000624939
U1  - 650.10820941 23/eng/20220204
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies
KW  - Women professional employees
KW  - Nigeria
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Nigerians
N2  - 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 reconstruction of the past from the standpoint of the present, and employing a feminist approach to qualitative research,the bookconsiders the reflexive construction of women's narratives concerning their lived experiences in Nigeria and sheds light on their decisions to migrate. Using intersectionality and critiquing the concept of "Strong Black Woman", the author analyses participants' narratives of integration, adaptation, andwork and family life in the UK. Rejecting the notion of "culture shock" as a means of explaining immigrants' early experiences, the use of a "person-by-situation" approach is proposedto accommodate the nuances of individual narratives. A rich, theoretically informed study of the narratives of skilled migrants, whose experiences are often subsumed into studies of "African" migration more broadly, this volume will appeal to scholars of sociology, anthropology and cultural geography with interests in migration, gender and the sociology of work and family life
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003146964
ER  -