Fashioning futures: uncertainty and young women's livelihoods in urban nigeria
Auteur :
Gilbert, Juliet
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781009618533
Date de publication :
30 avr. 2026
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Through vibrant ethnographic storytelling, this study reveals how young women capitalise on uncertainty in urban Nigeria to realise respectable futures. Moving from the house to church, sewing shops and beauty salons, Juliet Gilbert explores how these women fashion themselves in a city shaped by Pentecostal fervour and patriarchal conservatism.