A Patchwork Shawl - Chronicles of South Asian Women in America

A Patchwork Shawl sheds light on the lives of a segment of the U.S. immigrant population that has long been relegated to the margins. It focuses on women's lives that span different worlds: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and the United States. This collection of essays by and about South Asian women in America challenges stereotypes by allowing women to speak in their own words. Together they provide discerning insights into the reconstruction of immigrant patriarchy in a new world, and the development of women's resistance to that reconstruction. Shamita Das DasGupta's introduction also acquaints readers with the psychological topography of the South Asian community.

List of contents

Preface        
Introduction SHAMITA DAS DASGUPTA
Who Am I? Re-Questing Identity -    
The Language of Identity GRACE POORE
Being "Amreekan": Fried Chicken versus Chicken Tikka NAHEED HASNAT
"We Are Graceful Swans Who Can Also Be Crows": Hybrid Identities of Pakistani Muslim Women LUBNA CHAUDHRY
Sexual Exiles SURINA KHAN
Naming Desire, Shaping Identity: Tracing the Experiences of Indian Lesbians in the United States NAHEED ISLAM
Me and We: Family and Community - 
Mothers and Daughters in Indian-American Families: A Failed Communication? MANISHA ROY
Sex, Lies, and Women's Lives: An Intergenerational Dialogue SAYANTANI DASGUPTA, SHAMITA DAS DASGUPTA
Marital Rape: Some Ethical and Cultural Considerations RINITA MAZUMDAR
Lifting the Veil of Secrecy: Domestic Violence Against South Asian Women in the United States SATYA P. KRISHNAN, MALAHAT BAIG-AMIN, LOUISA GILBERT, NABILA EL-BASSEL, ANNE WATERS
Nation and Immigration: Rethinking the "Model Minority" - 
The Habit of Ex-Nomination: Nation, Woman, and the Indian Immigrant Bourgeoisie ANANNYA BHATTACHARJEE
"Underneath My Blouse Beats My Indian Heart": Sexuality, Nationalism, and Indian Womanhood in the United States SUNITA SUNDER MUKHI
Three Hot Meals and a Full Day at Work: South Asian Women's Labor in the United States SONIA SHAH
About the Contributors
Index

About the author

Shamita Das DasGupta is an assistant professor in psychology at Rutgers University, Newark, and author of The Demon Slayers and Other Stories: Bengali Folktales. She is also a cofounder of Manavi, the first organization in the U.S. to focus on violence against South Asian women in the U.S.

Product details

Authors	S. D. Dasgupta
Assisted by	Shamita Das Dasgupta (Editor), Shamita Das Dasgupta (Editor)
Publisher	Rutgers University Press
Languages	English
Product format	Paperback / Softback
Released	01.08.1998
EAN	9780813525181
ISBN	978-0-8135-2518-1
No. of pages	256
Dimensions	154 mm x 228 mm x 17 mm
Weight	404 g
Subject	Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories

Product details

• Authors: S. D. Dasgupta
• Assisted by: Shamita Das Dasgupta (Editor), Shamita Das Dasgupta (Editor)
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.1998
• EAN: 9780813525181
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-2518-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 228 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 404 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories