A patchwork shawl : chronicles of South Asian women in America / edited by Shamita Das Dasgupta.

Other author Dasgupta, Shamita Das.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©1998.
Descriptionx, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
South Asians--United States. --Social conditions.
Minority women--United States. --Social conditions.
Women immigrants--United States. --Social conditions.

Contents 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 -- Mothers and daughters in Indian-American families : a failed communication? / Manisha Roy -- Sex, lies, and women's lives : an intergenerational dialogue / Sayantani DasGupta and 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 ... [et al.] -- 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 97049650
ISBN0813525187 (alk. paper)
ISBN0813525179 (alk. paper)