Focusing on the lives of immigrants to the USA from all over South Asia, this collection of essays challenges stereotypes by allowing women to speak in their own words. This provides insight into the reconstruction of immigrant patriarchy in the USA and the development of female resistence to this.
- ISBN: 9780813525181
- Author: Das Dasgupta, Shamita
- Editor: Dasgupta, Shamita Das
- Published: 1998 , Rutgers University Press
- Themes: Immigrants, stereotypes, Women
- Descriptors: Asia, Young Adult (ages 14-18)
- No. of pages: 239