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"What will people think?" : Indian women and domestic violence in Aotearoa / New Zealand Sripriya Somasekhar

By: Somasekhar, Sripriya.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: 2016Description: electronic document (326 pages) ; PDF file: 2.19 MB.Other title: A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at The University of Waikato.Subject(s): ASIAN PEOPLES | ATTITUDES | CULTURAL ISSUES | EMOTIONAL ABUSE | FAMILY COURT | DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | INDIAN PEOPLE | INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE | MIGRANTS | THESES | NEW ZEALANDOnline resources: Click here to access online Summary: "Migration is a complex process undertaken for a wide range of reasons. To leave the country of ones birth to settle in another is likely to involve disruption to existing family and community relationships, reassessing ones culture of origin, reassessing ones identity and “fitting in” with a host culture. For many migrants, relative poverty, isolation, racism and prejudice are additional challenges and often, obtaining permanent resident status is far from straight forward. For these sorts of reasons, immigrant women who experience domestic violence face particular challenges over and above those faced by women from the dominant host culture. Although there is a field of international literature which identifies immigrant-specific factors that trigger or maintain domestic violence, there is little such research in New Zealand and none which specifically focuses on Indian women immigrants. " (From the author's abstract). Record #5132
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PhD thesis (Hamilton, University of Waikato).

"Migration is a complex process undertaken for a wide range of reasons. To leave the country of ones birth to settle in another is likely to involve disruption to existing family and community relationships, reassessing ones culture of origin, reassessing ones identity and “fitting in” with a host culture. For many migrants, relative poverty, isolation, racism and prejudice are additional challenges and often, obtaining permanent resident status is far from straight forward. For these sorts of reasons, immigrant women who experience domestic violence face particular challenges over and above those faced by women from the dominant host culture.

Although there is a field of international literature which identifies immigrant-specific factors that trigger or maintain domestic violence, there is little such research in New Zealand and none which specifically focuses on Indian women immigrants. " (From the author's abstract). Record #5132