Secrets: The Conflicted Role of First-generation Nigerian American Women Experiencing Domestic Violence - Brossura

Ntekim, Umo

 
9781663229144: Secrets: The Conflicted Role of First-generation Nigerian American Women Experiencing Domestic Violence
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ISBN 10: 1663229147 ISBN 13: 9781663229144
Casa editrice: Iuniverse, 2021

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Unhappily ever after... Clint Eastwood once said, "All marriages are made in heaven, but so are thunder and lightning." This is especially true in Nigerian culture, where thunder and lightning rule many marriages. The shocking truth is that many Nigerian women in the United States experience domestic violence every day. Mostly unseen, unheard, and unknown, they exist in a kind of shadow world, holding very little hope of escape. Fifteen Nigerian American women were interviewed for this book. They did everything the way they were "supposed" to, including receiving good educations and marrying the "right" men. Once they moved to America, they should have been in heaven, yet because of the stress of acculturation, they often find themselves in a stormy situation of dependency and abuse, unable to break free. Secrets reveal the conflicted roles of these first-generation Nigerian women in Southern California who try to live the heaven of the American Dream but end up drawn back to the lightning and thunder of their roots.

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Editore
Iuniverse
Data di pubblicazione
2021
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1663229147
ISBN 13 
9781663229144
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
94
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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9781457558115: Secrets: The Conflicted Role of First-Generation Nigerian American Women Experiencing Domestic Violence

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ISBN 10:  1457558114 ISBN 13:  9781457558115
Casa editrice: DOG EAR PUB LLC, 2018
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