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BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: BODY EVIDENCE: INTIMATE VIOLENCE AGAINST SOUTH ASIAN WOMEN IN AMERICA
Edited by Shamita Das Dasgupta
?If you can read just one book to understand domestic violence in this
country, read Body Evidence. Das DasGupta brings nineteen brilliant
voices together to explicate the meanings of sexuality, class, ethnicity,
gender and legal status in the struggle to end violence against women
in intimate relationships.??Dr. Ellen Pence, Director of Praxis
International
?This book offers powerful insights into the experiences of South Asian
battered women in the U.S.??Natalie Sokoloff, professor of sociology,
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
?The strength of this volume lies in its diversity of views. This book
brings a new set of articles into the discourse on violence against
women.??Margaret Abraham, author of Speaking the Unspeakable: Marital
Violence among South Asian Immigrants in the United States
When South Asians immigrated to the United States in great numbers in
the 1970s, they were passionately driven to achieve economic stability
and socialize the next generation to retain the traditions of their home
culture. During these years, 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
professionals uncover the unique challenges faced by victims of domestic
violence 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.
Shamita Das Dasgupta is an adjunct assistant professor of clinical law
at New York University?s School of Law and cofounder of Manavi, Inc.
336 pages
Paper $29.95, 0-8135-3982-X
Cloth $72.00, 0-8135-3981-1
?If you can read just one book to understand domestic violence in this
country, read Body Evidence. Das DasGupta brings nineteen brilliant
voices together to explicate the meanings of sexuality, class, ethnicity,
gender and legal status in the struggle to end violence against women
in intimate relationships.??Dr. Ellen Pence, Director of Praxis
International
?This book offers powerful insights into the experiences of South Asian
battered women in the U.S.??Natalie Sokoloff, professor of sociology,
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
?The strength of this volume lies in its diversity of views. This book
brings a new set of articles into the discourse on violence against
women.??Margaret Abraham, author of Speaking the Unspeakable: Marital
Violence among South Asian Immigrants in the United States
When South Asians immigrated to the United States in great numbers in
the 1970s, they were passionately driven to achieve economic stability
and socialize the next generation to retain the traditions of their home
culture. During these years, 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
professionals uncover the unique challenges faced by victims of domestic
violence 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.
Shamita Das Dasgupta is an adjunct assistant professor of clinical law
at New York University?s School of Law and cofounder of Manavi, Inc.
336 pages
Paper $29.95, 0-8135-3982-X
Cloth $72.00, 0-8135-3981-1