Format:
Online-Ressource (xi, 305 p)
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780813539829
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081353982X
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0813539811
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9780813539812
Content:
When South Asians immigrated to the United States in the 1970s, they were passionately driven to achieve economic stability and socialize the next generation to retain the traditions of their home culture. 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, 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 profe
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-294) and index
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: The Body Chart: Mapping Domestic Violence in South Asian Communities; Chapter 1: Understanding South Asian Immigrant Women's Experiences of Violence; Chapter 2: The Many Faces of Domestic Violence in the South Asian American Muslim Community; Chapter 3: Minority within a Minority: Reflecting on Marital Violence in the Nepali American Community; Chapter 4: "Virginity Is Everything": Sexuality in the Context of Intimate Partner Violence in the South Asian Community; Chapter 5: The Aftermath of September 11: An Anti-Domestic Violence Perspective
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Part Two: The Wounded Body: Emerging Issues in Domestic Violence WorkChapter 6: Mental and Emotional Wounds of Domestic Violence in South Asian Women; Chapter 7: Fragmented Self: Violence and Body Image among South Asian American Women; Chapter 8: Silences That Prevail When the Perpetrators Are Our Own; Chapter 9: The Violence That Dares Not Speak Its Name: Invisibility in the Lives of Lesbian and Bisexual South Asian American Women; Chapter 10: The Trap of Multiculturalism: Battered South Asian Women and Health Care
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Chapter 11: Ahimsa and the Contextual Realities of Woman Abuse in the Jain CommunityChapter 12: A Communicative Perspective on Assisting Battered Asian Indian Immigrant Women; Part Three: The Body Evidence: Law and South Asian Battered Women; Chapter 13: Law's Culture and Cultural Difference; Chapter 14: Middle Class, Documented, and Helpless: The H-4 Visa Bind; Chapter 15: Battered South Asian Women in U.S. Courts; Part Four: The Body in Action: Activism and Transnational Anti-Domestic Violence Work
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Chapter 16: Navigating Gender, Immigration, and Domestic Violence: Advocacy with Work Visa HoldersChapter 17: Local and Global Undivided: Transnational Exploitation and Violence against South Asian Women; Chapter 18: From Dhaka to Cincinnati: Tracing the Trajectory of a Transnational Violence against Women Campaign; References; Author Biographies; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813539812
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Body Evidence : Intimate Violence Against South Asian Women in America
Language:
English
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