| A Patchwork Shawl: Chronicles of South Asian Women in America Contributor(s): Das DasGupta, Shamita (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0813525187 ISBN-13: 9780813525181 Publisher: Rutgers University Press OUR PRICE: $37.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Minority Studies - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Asian American Studies |
| Dewey: 305.488 |
| LCCN: 97-49650 |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 6.07" W x 8.98" (0.89 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Asian - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. A Patchwork Shawl considers topics from re-negotiation of identity to sexuality, violence to intimacy, occupations to organizing within the community. The essays bear witness to women's negotiations for independent identities, their claim to their own bodies, and the right to choose relationships based on their own histories and truths. They bring new understanding to the intersection of gender, ethnicity, race, sexuality, and class. |