Speaking the unspeakable : marital violence among South Asian immigrants in the United States / Margaret Abraham.
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TextPublication details: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, �2000.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 234 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 0585300542
- 9780585300542
- 0813558786
- 9780813558783
- Marital violence -- United States
- Family violence -- United States
- South Asians -- United States -- Social conditions
- Violence entre conjoints -- �Etats-Unis
- Violence familiale -- �Etats-Unis
- Sud-Asiatiques -- �Etats-Unis -- Conditions sociales
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security
- Family violence
- Marital violence
- South Asians -- Social conditions
- United States
- Family Violence
- Social Welfare & Social Work
- Social Sciences
- 362.84/914073 21
- HV6626.2 .A27 2000eb
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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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English.
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