Body evidence : intimate violence against South Asian women in America edited by Shamita Das Dasgupta
Contributor(s): Dasgupta, Shamita Das
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BookPublisher: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 2007Description: ix, 305 pages ; 21 cm.ISBN: 978-0-8135-3982-9 (pbk.).Subject(s): ASIAN PEOPLES | BISEXUAL | DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | FORCED MARRIAGE | IMMIGRATION LAW | INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE | JUSTICE | LESBIAN | LGBTIQ+ | MIGRANTS | VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | WOMEN | UNITED STATESDDC classification: 362.8292 BOD Summary: "In Body evidence, more than twenty scholars and health professionals uncover the unique challenges faced by victims of domestic violence in South Asian American communities. Topics include the cultural obsession with women's chastity and virginity; the continued silence surrounding intimate violence among women who identify as lesbian, bisexual or transgender; the consequences of refusing marriage proposals or failing to meet dowry demands; and, ultimately, the way in which U.S. courts often confuse and exacerbate the plights of these women. " (From the back cover). Record #5047
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"In Body evidence, more than twenty scholars and health professionals uncover the unique challenges faced by victims of domestic violence in South Asian American communities. Topics include the cultural obsession with women's chastity and virginity; the continued silence surrounding intimate violence among women who identify as lesbian, bisexual or transgender; the consequences of refusing marriage proposals or failing to meet dowry demands; and, ultimately, the way in which U.S. courts often confuse and exacerbate the plights of these women. " (From the back cover). Record #5047
