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Body Evidence: Intimate Violence Against South Asian Women in America
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Author: Shamita Das DasGupta
ISBN 13: 9780813539829
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication Date: 2007
Format: Paper
Condition: New
ISBN 13: 9780813539829
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication Date: 2007
Format: Paper
Condition: New
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.