Speaking the unspeakable : marital violence among South Asian immigrants in the United States / Margaret Abraham. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abraham, Margaret, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marital violence--United States.

Marital violence.

Family violence--United States.

Family violence.

South Asians--United States--Social conditions.

South Asians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 234 p. ) ill., map ;

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

1. Introduction: framing the issues

2. Marriage and family

3. Immigrant status and marital violence

4. Isolation: alone in a foreign country

5. Sexual abuse

6. Internal and external barriers: it's not only the abuser

7. Fighting back: abused women's strategies of resistance

8. Making a difference: South Asian women organizations in the United States

9. Looking back, looking ahead: reflections on our transformational politic.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-223) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-8135-5878-6

0-585-30054-2