Marriage, Gender and Refugee Migration
Spousal Relationships among Somali Muslims in the United Kingdom
Natasha Carver
- 246 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
Marriage, Gender and Refugee Migration
Spousal Relationships among Somali Muslims in the United Kingdom
Natasha Carver
About This Book
Winner of the 2022 BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize? This ethical and poetic ethnography analyses the upheavals to gender roles and marital relationships brought about by Somali refugee migration to the UK. Unmoored from the socio-cultural norms that made them men and women, being a refugee is described as making "everything" feel "different, mixed up, upside down." M arriage, Gender and Refugee Migration details how Somali gendered identities are contested, negotiated, and (re)produced within a framework of religious and politico-national discourses, finding that the most significant catalysts for challenging and changing harmful gender practices are a combination of the welfare system and Islamic praxis. Described as "an important and urgent monograph, " this book will be a key text relevant to scholars of migration, transnational families, personal life, and gender. Written in a beautiful and accessible style, the book voices the participants with respect and compassion, and is also recommended for scholars of qualitative social research methods.