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

By: Abraham, Margaret, 1960-.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, c2000Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-223) and index.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 234 p.) : ill.ISBN: 0585300542 (electronic bk.); 9780585300542 (electronic bk.).Subject(s): Marital violence -- United States | Family violence -- United States | South Asians -- United States -- Social conditionsGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 362.84/914073 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge:
Contents:
Introduction: Framing the Issues -- Marriage and Family -- Immigrant Status and Marital Violence -- Isolation: Alone in a Foreign Country -- Sexual Abuse -- Internal and External Barriers: It's Not Only the Abuser -- Fighting Back: Abused Women's Strategies of Resistance -- Making a Difference: South Asian Women's Organizations in the United States -- Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Reflections on Our Transformational Politic -- Profile of Respondents at Time of Interview -- Notes on the Research Process.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-223) and index.

Introduction: Framing the Issues -- Marriage and Family -- Immigrant Status and Marital Violence -- Isolation: Alone in a Foreign Country -- Sexual Abuse -- Internal and External Barriers: It's Not Only the Abuser -- Fighting Back: Abused Women's Strategies of Resistance -- Making a Difference: South Asian Women's Organizations in the United States -- Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Reflections on Our Transformational Politic -- Profile of Respondents at Time of Interview -- Notes on the Research Process.

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