A Patchwork Shawl

Chronicles of South Asian Women in America
Herausgeber: Das Dasgupta, Shamita

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Produktbeschreibung

A Patchwork Shawl sheds light on the lives of a segment of the U.S. immigrant population that has long been relegated to the margins. It focuses on women's lives that span different worlds: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and the United States. This collection of essays by and about South Asian women in America challenges stereotypes by allowing women to speak in their own words. Together they provide discerning insights into the reconstruction of immigrant patriarchy in a new world, and the development of women's resistance to that reconstruction. Shamita Das DasGupta's introduction also acquaints readers with the psychological topography of the South Asian community.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 154mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 404g
• ISBN-13: 9780813525181
• ISBN-10: 0813525187
• Artikelnr.: 20960537

Autorenporträt

Das Dasgupta, Shamita

Inhaltsangabe

Preface        
Introduction SHAMITA DAS DASGUPTA
Who Am I? Re-Questing Identity -    
The Language of Identity GRACE POORE
Being "Amreekan": Fried Chicken versus Chicken Tikka NAHEED HASNAT
"We Are Graceful Swans Who Can Also Be Crows": Hybrid Identities of
Pakistani Muslim Women LUBNA CHAUDHRY
Sexual Exiles SURINA KHAN
Naming Desire, Shaping Identity: Tracing the Experiences of Indian Lesbians
in the United States NAHEED ISLAM
Me and We: Family and Community - 
Mothers and Daughters in Indian-American Families: A Failed Communication?
MANISHA ROY
Sex, Lies, and Women's Lives: An Intergenerational Dialogue SAYANTANI
DASGUPTA, SHAMITA DAS DASGUPTA
Marital Rape: Some Ethical and Cultural Considerations RINITA MAZUMDAR
Lifting the Veil of Secrecy: Domestic Violence Against South Asian Women in
the United States SATYA P. KRISHNAN, MALAHAT BAIG-AMIN, LOUISA GILBERT,
NABILA EL-BASSEL, ANNE WATERS
Nation and Immigration: Rethinking the "Model Minority" - 
The Habit of Ex-Nomination: Nation, Woman, and the Indian Immigrant
Bourgeoisie ANANNYA BHATTACHARJEE
"Underneath My Blouse Beats My Indian Heart": Sexuality, Nationalism, and
Indian Womanhood in the United States SUNITA SUNDER MUKHI
Three Hot Meals and a Full Day at Work: South Asian Women's Labor in the
United States SONIA SHAH
About the Contributors
Index