04260nam 2200745Ia 450 991096410410332120251117003616.00-89680-438-0(CKB)1000000000714192(OCoLC)70729439(CaPaEBR)ebrary10091954(SSID)ssj0000282251(PQKBManifestationID)11194839(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000282251(PQKBWorkID)10308090(PQKB)10130147(MiAaPQ)EBC3026844(Au-PeEL)EBL3026844(CaPaEBR)ebr10091954(OCoLC)923681352(BIP)10291932(EXLCZ)99100000000071419220040701d2004 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrNegotiating power and privilege Igbo career women in contemporary Nigeria /Philomina E. Okeke-IhejirikaAthens [Ohio] Center for International Studies, Ohio Universityc20041 online resource (244 p.) Ohio University research in international studies. Africa series ;no. 82Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-89680-241-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-225) and index.Placing Igbo women within an African context -- Gender relations in family and society -- From housewives to career women -- Your life is not entirely your business -- Gendered lives, gendered aspirations -- Making it in paid employment -- Balancing act -- Ours is ours but my own is my own -- Looking to the future.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 experience their victories and compromise 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."Research in international studies.Africa series ;no. 82.Women, IgboSocial conditionsWomen, IgboEconomic conditionsWomen, IgboEmploymentWomen employeesNigeriaWorking mothersNigeriaSex roleGovernment policyNigeriaWomenGovernment policyNigeriaSexual division of laborNigeriaNigeriaSocial conditionsNigeriaEconomic conditionsWomen, IgboSocial conditions.Women, IgboEconomic conditions.Women, IgboEmployment.Women employeesWorking mothersSex roleGovernment policyWomenGovernment policySexual division of labor305.48/8963320669Okeke-Ihejirika Philomina E(Philomina Ezeagbor)1863480MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910964104103321Negotiating power and privilege4470130UNINA