LEADER 05706nam 22007574a 450 001 9910778127503321 005 20230207225018.0 010 $a1-281-09254-1 010 $a9786611092542 010 $a0-8135-4127-1 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813541273 035 $a(CKB)1000000000476871 035 $a(EBL)316412 035 $a(OCoLC)476107120 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000113551 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11145509 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000113551 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10100672 035 $a(PQKB)11760005 035 $a(OCoLC)173974200 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8037 035 $a(DE-B1597)529710 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813541273 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL316412 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10189477 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL109254 035 $a(OCoLC)1058960074 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC316412 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000476871 100 $a20060509d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aBody evidence$b[electronic resource] $eintimate violence against South Asian women in America /$f[edited by] Shamita Das Dasgupta 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (320 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-3981-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 275-294) and index. 327 $aIntroduction / Shamita Das Dasgupta -- Understanding South Asian immigrant women's experiences of violence / Anitha Venkatramani-Kothari -- The many faces of domestic violence in the South Asian American Muslim community / Ruksana Ayyub -- Minority within a minority : reflecting on marital violence in the Nepali American community / Bidya Ranjeet and Bandana Purkayastha -- "Virginity is everything" : sexuality in the context of intimate partner violence in the South Asian community / Sandeep Hunjan and Shelagh Towson -- The aftermath of September 11 : an anti-domestic violence perspective / Maunica Sthanki -- Mental and emotional wounds of domestic violence in South Asian women / Diya Kallivayalil -- Fragmented self : violence and body image among South Asian American women / V.G. Julie Rajan -- Silences that prevail when the perpetrators are our own / Grace Poore -- The violence that dares not speak its name : invisibility in the lives of lesbian and bisexual South Asian American women / Prajna Paramita Choudhury -- The trap of multiculturalism : battered South Asian women and health care / Sunita Puri -- Ahimsa and the contextual realities of woman abuse in the Jain community / Shamita Das Dasgupta and Shashi Jain -- A communicative perspective on assisting battered Asian Indian immigrant women / Mandeep Grewal -- Law's culture and cultural difference / Sharmila Rudrappa -- Middle class, documented, and helpless : the H-4 visa bind / Shivali Shah -- Battered South Asian women in U.S. courts / Shamita Das Dasgupta -- Navigating gender, immigration, and domestic violence : advocacy with work visa holders / Rupaleem Bhuyan -- Local and global undivided : transnational exploitation and violence against South Asian women / Sujatha Anbuselvi Jesudason -- From Dhaka to Cincinnati : tracing the trajectory of a transnational violence against women campaign / Elora Halim Chowdhury. 330 $aWhen South Asians immigrated to the United States in great numbers in the 1970's, they were passionately driven to achieve economic stability and socialize the next generation to retain the traditions of their home culture. During these years, the immigrant community went to great lengths to project an impeccable public image by denying the existence of social problems such as domestic violence, sexual assault, child sexual abuse, mental illness, racism, and intergenerational conflict. It was not until recently that activist groups have worked to bring these issues out into the open. In Body Evidence, more than twenty scholars and public health professionals uncover the unique challenges faced by victims of violence in intimate spaces . . . within families, communities and trusted relationships in South Asian American communities. Topics include cultural obsession with women's chastity and virginity; the continued silence surrounding intimate violence among women who identify themselves as lesbian, bisexual, or transgender; the consequences of refusing marriage proposals or failing to meet dowry demands; and, ultimately, the ways in which the United States courts often confuse and exacerbate the plights of these women. 606 $aFamily violence$zUnited States 606 $aVictims of family violence$zUnited States 606 $aSouth Asian American women$xViolence against$zUnited States 606 $aSouth Asian American women$xServices for$zUnited States 606 $aWomen immigrants$xViolence against$zUnited States 606 $aWomen immigrants$xLegal status, laws, etc$zUnited States 606 $aSouth Asian Americans$xSocial conditions 615 0$aFamily violence 615 0$aVictims of family violence 615 0$aSouth Asian American women$xViolence against 615 0$aSouth Asian American women$xServices for 615 0$aWomen immigrants$xViolence against 615 0$aWomen immigrants$xLegal status, laws, etc. 615 0$aSouth Asian Americans$xSocial conditions. 676 $a362.82/92208991073 701 $aDasgupta$b Shamita Das$052521 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778127503321 996 $aBody evidence$93770647 997 $aUNINA