Good girls marry doctors : South Asian American daughters on obedience and rebellion / Piyali Bhattacharya, Ed.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bhattacharya, Piyali, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States.

South Asian American women--Conduct of life.

South Asian American women.

South Asian American women--Family relationships.

South Asian Americans--Social life and customs.

South Asian Americans.

South Asian Americans--Social conditions.

Daughters--United States.

Daughters.

Children of immigrants--United States.

Children of immigrants.

Families--United States.

Families.

Genre:

essays.

Autobiographies.

Essays.

Physical Description:

x, 196 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

South Asian American daughters on obedience and rebellion

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : Aunt lute Books, 2016.

Summary:

Good Girls Marry Doctors is an anthology filled with honest stories-emotional and joyous, sorrowful and humorous-from a diverse array of powerful women. Many of the essays dig into difficult truths about what it is to be a young woman in a world of overbearing cultural expectation. Others uncover relationships between parents and daughters that are open and supportive while also being exacting. Together, these narratives expose struggles that are too often hidden from the public eye, while reminding those going through similar experiences that they are heard, and they are not alone. Book jacket.

This anthology examines the multiple facets of daughterhood in South Asian American families. The voices in this volume reveal how a Good Girl is trained to seamlessly blend professional success with the maintenance and reproduction of her family's cultural heritage. Her gratitude for her immigrant parents' sacrifices creates intense pressure to perform and embody the role of the "perfect daughter." Yet, the demand for such perfection can stifle desire, curb curiosity, and make it fraught for a Good Girl to construct her own identity in the face of stern parental opinion. Of course, this is not always the case. Certain stories in this collection uncover relationships between parents and daughters that are open and supportive while also being exacting. Many of the essays, however, dig into difficult truths about what it is to be a young woman in a world of overbearing cultural expectation. Good Girls Marry Doctors is filled with honest stories, difficult and joyous, heartbreaking and hilarious, from a diverse array of powerful women. These narratives combine to expose struggles that are too often hidden from the public eye, while reminding those going through similar experiences that they are heard, and they are not alone--Publisher's description.

Contents:

The Cost of Grief / Tanzila Ahmed Ahmed, Tanzila 1

My Mother, the Rebel / Jabeen Akhtar Akhtar, Jabeen 11

The Fantasy of Normative Motherhood / Roksana Badruddoja Badruddoja, Roksana 19

The Photograph of My Parents / Neelanjana Banerjee Banerjee, Neelanjana 27

The Politics of Being Political / Piyali Bhattacharya Bhattacharya, Piyali 33

Fair Game / Madiha Bhatti Bhatti, Madiha 41

Daughter of Mine / Meghna Chandra Chandra, Meghna 45

Flipping the Script finding the Love of My Life While Writing the Book of My Heart / Sona Charaipotra Charaipotra, Sona 51

Good Girls Become Doctors / Sayantani DasGupta DasGupta, Sayantani 55

Subterfuge On How to Be Obedient While Rebelling / Tara Dorabji Dorabji, Tara 59

Good Girls Pray to God / Triveni Gandhi Gandhi, Triveni 65

Someday Never Comes / Rajpreet Heir Heir, Rajpreet 73

Affording the Perfect Family / Leila Khan Khan, Leila 81

Acting the Part / Rachna Khatau Khatau, Rachna 89

Becoming a Reluctant Breadwinner / Swati Kharana Kharana, Swati 95

Modern Mythologies / Surya Kundu Kundu, Surya 101

Without Shame / Ayesha Mattu Mattu, Ayesha 109

The Day I Found Out I Was a Witch / Fawzia Mirza Mirza, Fawzia 117

"The Only Dates Are the Ones You Eat" and Other Laws of an Immigrant Girlhood / Nayomi Munaweera Munaweera, Nayomi 123

Patti Smith in the Dark / Jyothi Natarajan Natarajan, Jyothi 131

What It Looks Like to Grow / Ankita Rao Rao, Ankita 141

Breathe / Phiroozeh Petigara Petigara, Phiroozeh 149

Amma / Hema Sarang-Sieminski Sarang-Sieminski, Hema 159

Draupadi Walks Alone at Night / SJ Sindu Sindu, SJ 171

Cut / Natasha Singh Singh, Natasha 175

Operation Make My Family Normal / Mathangi Subramanian Subramanian, Mathangi 181.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Beardwood Fund bookplate.

Athenaeum copy signed by the author.

Other Format:

Online version: Good girls marry doctors

Online version: Good girls marry doctors.

ISBN:

9781879960923

1879960923

OCLC:

952139129

Publisher Number:

99968908774