Body evidence : intimate violence against South Asian women in America / [edited by] Shamita Das Dasgupta. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2007. - xi, 305 p.

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 the September 11 : an anti-domestic violence perspective / Maunica Sthanki -- Mental health issues in South Asian victims of domestic violence / 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 and violence 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.

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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.
Violencia familiar--Estados Unidos.
Víctimas de la violencia familiar--Estados Unidos.
Mujeres víctimas de la violencia--Aspectos sociales--Estados Unidos.
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Violence familiale--Etats-Unis.
Victimes de violence familiale--Etats-Unis.
Violence envers les Americaines d'origine sud-asiatique--Etats-Unis.
Americaines d'origine sud-asiatique, Services aux--Etats-Unis.
Violence envers les immigrantes--Etats-Unis.
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Americains d'origine sud-asiatique--Conditions sociales.

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