TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dasgupta, Shamita Das
TI  - Body evidence : : intimate violence against South Asian women in America
SN  - 978-0-8135-3982-9 (pbk.)
U1  - 362.8292 BOD 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New Brunswick, NJ : 
PB  - Rutgers University Press, 
KW  - ASIAN PEOPLES
KW  - BISEXUAL
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - FORCED MARRIAGE
KW  - IMMIGRATION LAW
KW  - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
KW  - JUSTICE
KW  - LESBIAN
KW  - LGBTQIA+
KW  - MIGRANTS
KW  - VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - WOMEN
KW  - UNITED STATES
N2  - "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
ER  -