03727nam a22004214a 4500 ebr10189477 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 060509s2007 nju sb s001 0 eng 2006015441 0813539811 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780813539812 (hardcover : alk. paper) 081353982X (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780813539829 (pbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)173974200 n-us--- HV6626.2 .B63 2007eb 362.82/92208991073 22 Body evidence [electronic resource] : intimate violence against South Asian women in America / [edited by] Shamita Das Dasgupta. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2007. xi, 305 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-294) and index. Introduction / Shamita Das Dasgupta -- Understanding South Asian immigrant women's experiences of violence / Anitha Venkatramani-Kothari -- The many faces of domestic violence in the South Asian American Muslim community / Ruksana Ayyub -- Minority within a minority : reflecting on marital violence in the Nepali American community / Bidya Ranjeet and Bandana Purkayastha -- "Virginity is everything" : sexuality in the context of intimate partner violence in the South Asian community / Sandeep Hunjan and Shelagh Towson -- The aftermath of September 11 : an anti-domestic violence perspective / Maunica Sthanki -- Mental and emotional wounds of domestic violence in South Asian women / Diya Kallivayalil -- Fragmented self : violence and body image among South Asian American women / V.G. Julie Rajan -- Silences that prevail when the perpetrators are our own / Grace Poore -- The violence that dares not speak its name : invisibility in the lives of lesbian and bisexual South Asian American women / Prajna Paramita Choudhury -- The trap of multiculturalism : battered South Asian women and health care / Sunita Puri -- Ahimsa and the contextual realities of woman abuse in the Jain community / Shamita Das Dasgupta and Shashi Jain -- A communicative perspective on assisting battered Asian Indian immigrant women / Mandeep Grewal -- Law's culture and cultural difference / Sharmila Rudrappa -- Middle class, documented, and helpless : the H-4 visa bind / Shivali Shah -- Battered South Asian women in U.S. courts / Shamita Das Dasgupta -- Navigating gender, immigration, and domestic violence : advocacy with work visa holders / Rupaleem Bhuyan -- Local and global undivided : transnational exploitation and violence against South Asian women / Sujatha Anbuselvi Jesudason -- From Dhaka to Cincinnati : tracing the trajectory of a transnational violence against women campaign / Elora Halim Chowdhury. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Family violence United States. Victims of family violence United States. South Asian American women Violence against United States. South Asian American women Services for United States. Women immigrants Violence against United States. Women immigrants Legal status, laws, etc. United States. South Asian Americans Social conditions. Electronic books. local Dasgupta, Shamita Das. ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10189477 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 147002 147002