Body evidence : intimate violence against South Asian women in America
Body evidence : intimate violence against South Asian women in America
edited by Shamita Das Dasgupta
- New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 2007
- ix, 305 pages ; 21 cm.
"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
978-0-8135-3982-9 (pbk.)
ASIAN PEOPLES
BISEXUAL
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
FORCED MARRIAGE
IMMIGRATION LAW
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
JUSTICE
LESBIAN
LGBTQIA+
MIGRANTS
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
WOMEN
UNITED STATES
362.8292 BOD
"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
978-0-8135-3982-9 (pbk.)
ASIAN PEOPLES
BISEXUAL
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
FORCED MARRIAGE
IMMIGRATION LAW
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
JUSTICE
LESBIAN
LGBTQIA+
MIGRANTS
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
WOMEN
UNITED STATES
362.8292 BOD