Speaking the Unspeakable
Subtitle: Marital Violence Among South Asian Immigrants in the United States
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: January 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780813527932
Subjects: Domestic violence; Immigration & emigration; Marriage; Sociology - Marriage & Family; Marital violence; Family / Parenting / Childbirth; United States; Social Science; Sociology; South East Asia; USA; Abuse - General; Family Relationships; Family & Relationships / Marriage; Family & Relationships-Abuse - General; Family & Relationships-Family Relationships; Ethnic Studies - General; South Asians; Conjugal violence; Family violence; Social conditions
First sentence: On September 13, 1995, Syeda Sufian, a young Bangladeshi woman residing in Jamaica, New York, was doused with gasoline and set on fire by her husband, Mohammed Mohsin.