Negotiating Power and Privilege : Career Igbo Women in Contemporary Nigeria.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Placing Igbo Women within an African Context -- 2 Gender Relations in Family and Society -- 3 From Housewives to Career Women -- 4 Your Life Is Not Entirely Your Business -- 5 Gendered Lives, Gendered Aspirations -- 6 Making It in Paid Employment -- 7 Balancing Act -- 8 Ours Is Ours but My Own Is My Own -- 9 Looking to the Future -- Appendix: Interview Format -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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