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--Family relationships.
• South Asian Americans--Social life and customs.
• South Asian Americans--Social conditions.
• Daughters--United States.
• Children of immigrants--United States.
• Families--United States.
• Children of immigrants.
• Daughters.
• 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