Negotiating Power and Privilege - Career Igbo Women in Contemporary Nigeria (Paperback, 1)

Even With a University Education, the Igbo women of southeastern Nigeria face obstacles that prevent them from reaching their professional and personal potentials. Negotiating Power and Privilege is a study of their life choices and the embedded patriarchy and other obstacles in postcolonial Africa barring them from fulfillment. Philomina E. Okeke recorded life-history interviews and discussions during the 1990s with educated women of differing ages and professions. Her interviews expose both familiar and surprising aspects of the women's experiences--their victories and compromises--within their families, marriages, and workplaces. Okeke explores the many factors that have shaped women's access to sponsorship and promotion in their quest to join men as partners in nation building. Negotiating Power and Privilege captures the voices of African female professionals and vividly portrays the women's continuous negotiation as wives, mothers, single women, and workers. It shows the inherent limitations of contemporary policies in developing nations that often prescribe secondary and advanced education for women as a panacea for every social ill. It is also an original and important contribution to African studies, gender studies, development studies, education policy, and sociology. This engagingly written book will appeal to a wide audience, ranging from undergraduate students to scholars and professionals.

General

Imprint:	Ohio University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Research in International Studies, Africa Series
Release date:	November 2004
First published:	November 2004
Authors:	Philomina E Okeke-Ihejirika
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	280
Edition:	1
ISBN-13:	978-0-89680-241-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
LSN:	0-89680-241-8
Barcode:	9780896802414

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