ABSTRACT
I have tried in this book to convey something of what the process of migration into another country means for women. I began by outlining the parameters of the migration experience from the perspective of women. I argued that the production of psychological knowledge has been constrained by the adherence to quantitative methods and the emphasis on measurable behavior that do not provide space for the subjective. I described the value of personal narrative in capturing some elements of human experience and explained my rationale for using stories as the source of data on women’s experience of migration. I see the possibilities of this methodology and devote a large portion of this book to the stories of the women interviewed. The richness of these data speaks for itself. I ground my perspectives on those stories and on my theoretical understanding of their meaning. My focus has been on psychological aspects of women’s experience of migration, with a particular emphasis on sexuality and gender roles. No account of the psychological meaning of the experience of migration is final, but some key themes keep recurring in my thoughts as well as in the pages of this book.
