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From Schoolgirls To Matriarchs, Single Mothers To Extended Families, And Businesswomen To Factory Workers, The Experience Of Asian Women In Britain Today Is Polarised By Class And Religion. This Book Explores The Lives And Struggles Of Two Generations Of British Asian Women To Present A Political Account Of Their Experiences: Personal And Public, Individual And Collective, Their Struggles Take On Power Structures Within The Family, The Community And, On Occasion, The British State. Combining Their Personal Testimony Within A Theoretical Framework, Amrit Wilson Locates Their Experiences In The Wider Context Of Global And Regional Politics. She Examines What Impact The Feminist Movement Has Had On Their Lives, And Explores Issues Such As Domestic Violence, Asian Marriages, Representations Of Asian Women, Mental Disturbance And Suicide.--pub. Desc. The New 'good Woman' : Reconstructing Patriarchal Control. Where 'belonging To ... ' Comes From ; Encounters With Colonial And Global Capital ; Controlling Women's Sexuality ; The Hijab--'brimming With Politics' ; Reconstructing Femininity ; Women Working For Patriarchy ; Mothers And Violence ; Sexual Abuse And Patriarchy -- A Thing Of Beau

Author

Amrit Wilson

Publisher

PLUTO; Pluto Press

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780745318486

Subjects

Science, Sociology, History