Books Marriage, Gender and Refugee Migration: Spousal Relationships among Somali Muslims in the United Kingdom (Politics of Marriage and Gender: Global Issues in Local Contexts)  by Natasha Carver (Author)

"Marriage, Gender and Refugee Migration: Spousal Relationships among Somali Muslims in the United Kingdom" by Natasha Carver is an ethnographic study examining how Somali refugee migration to the UK disrupts traditional gender roles and marital relationships. The book explores the complex experience of Somali Muslims as they navigate marriage, divorce, and gender identity within a new socio-cultural and legal context. It highlights how migration creates a crisis of masculinity and transforms womanhood, changing long-held gender roles and expectations.

The research reveals that Somali marital practices and gender norms are contested and negotiated amid immigration rules, welfare systems, and Islamic practices. Divorce, often considered easy and increasingly initiated by women among Somali migrants, is shown to be influenced by marital dissatisfaction related to economic pressures and shifting domestic roles. The book sensitively portrays how spousal relationships and gender identities are reshaped by migration, addressing wider issues of personal life, transnational family dynamics, and migration policy.