{"product_id":"speaking-the-unspeakable-marital-violence-among-south-asian-immigrants-in-the-united-states-paperback-softback-9780813527932","title":"Speaking the Unspeakable; Marital Violence Among South Asian Immigrants in the United States (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813527932","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSpeaking the Unspeakable\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMarital Violence Among South Asian Immigrants in the United States\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMargaret Abraham (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813527932\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 April 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 1.8 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMargaret Abraham breaks through the myth of the 'model minority' and speaks the unspeakable: violence against women in our families. She articulates the complexities of domestic violence in South Asian women's lives circumscribed by culture, tradition, law, and isolation in a new country. Through it all, we hear women's voices and experiences loud and clear.  - Shamita Das Dasgupta (editor of A Patchwork Shawl: Chronicles of South Asian Women in America) This groundbreaking book combines an insightful scholarly analysis with the powerful voices of women. Also important are its presentation of sexual abuse and its emphasis on individual and community resistance and on cultural and legal oppression.  - Jacquelyn Campbell (coeditor of To Have and to Hit: Cultural Perspectives in Wife Battering)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver the past 20 years, much work has focused on domestic violence, yet little attention has been paid to the causes, manifestations, and resolutions to marital violence among ethnic minorities, especially recent immigrants. Margaret Abraham’s Speaking the Unspeakable is the first book to focus on South Asian women’s experiences of domestic violence, defined by the author as physical, sexual, verbal, mental, or economic coercion, power, or control perpetrated on a woman by her spouse or extended kin. Abraham explains how immigration issues, cultural assumptions, and unfamiliarity with American social, legal, economic, and other institutional systems, coupled with stereotyping, make these women especially vulnerable to domestic violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbraham lets readers hear the voices of abused South Asian women. Through their stories, we learn of their weaknesses and strengths, and of their experiences of domestic violence within the larger cultural, social, economic, and political context. We see both the individual strategies of resistance against their abusers as well as the pivotal role South Asian organizations play in helping these women escape abusive relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbraham also describes the central role played by South Asian activism as it emerged in the 1980s in the United States, and addresses the ideas and practices both within and outside of the South Asian community that stereotype, discriminate, and oppress South Asians in their everyday lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ePreface  \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments  \u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Framing the Issues\u003cbr\u003e Marriage and Family\u003cbr\u003e Immigrant Status and Marital Violence\u003cbr\u003e Isolation: Alone in a Foreign Country\u003cbr\u003e Sexual Abuse\u003cbr\u003e Internal and External Barriers: It's Not Only the Abuser\u003cbr\u003e Fighting Back: Abused Women's Strategies of Resistance\u003cbr\u003e Making a Difference: South Asian Women's Organizations in the United States\u003cbr\u003e Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Reflections on Our Transformational Politic\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A. Profile of Respondents at Time of Interview      \u003cbr\u003e Appendix B. Notes on the Research Process     \u003cbr\u003e Notes        \u003cbr\u003e References      \u003cbr\u003e Index    \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52739998417176,"sku":"9780813527932","price":23.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/speaking-the-unspeakable-marital-violence-among-south-asian-immigrants-in-the-united-states-paperback-softback-9780813527932","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}