Marriage, Gender and Refugee Migration: Spousal Relationships Among Somali Muslims in the United Kingdom (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781978805538)

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." Marriage, 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.

Author: Natasha Carver
ISBN-10: 1978805535
ISBN-13: 9781978805538
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/14/2021
Pages: 286
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d