Dreams, questions, struggles: South Asian women in Britain
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Acknowledgements x
Introduction 1
1 The New Good Woman : Reconstructing Patriarchal
Control 7
Where belonging to ... comes from 8
Encounters with colonial and global capital 13
Controlling women s sexuality 15
The hijab brimming with politics 22
Reconstructing femininity 25
Women working for patriarchy 27
Mothers and violence 32
Sexual abuse and patriarchy 35
2 A Thing of Beauty and a Boy Forever Changing
Masculinities 41
From workers to worshippers Sikhs and male identity 42
The Warrior Guru 48
Azad Kashmiris and transnational biradaris 50
New Islamic groups and approaches 54
Luton s club scene 57
Gujaratis and the creation of a civilised Hindu culture 59
Masculinity, femininity and right wing Hindu
groups in Britain 66
Discourses of Hindutva and the diaspora 68
The Gujarat massacres: responses from Britain 69
3 Mercy and Wisdom of a Government ? Race, Culture
and Immigration Control 72
Multiculturalism reshaping culture in the interests of
control 73
Immigration, gender and credible witnesses 76
The Two Year Rule 78
No recourse to public funds 83
The Forced Marriage Initiative confronting South Asian
patriarchy? N6
Colonial counterparts of the Forced Marriage Initiative 88
viii Dreams, Questions, Struggles
Do only British women need human rights? 89
Giving women choice ? 91
Honour crimes and multicultural constructions 93
4 Making a Spectacle of Oneself South Asian Weddings
in Britain 96
Bollywood and Europe mingle in the market 98
The bride as spectacle or bahu as icon 99
The bride s Big Day 101
The rise and rise of the cost of weddings 103
The escalation of dowries factors specific to Punjab 104
The escalation of dowries factors specific to Gujarat 105
Demands from the groom s family 106
Life after the wedding 108
5 Psychiatry, Violence and Mental Distress 111
When psychiatry colludes with patriarchy 112
Rehab, respite, race and gender 118
Self harm and suicide 119
An up and coming health authority 121
What is normal for a man? 125
6 Contesting (mis)Representations 128
Racism a thing of the past? 129
East is East 131
A few messages from Bollywood 134
Charismatic fathers 137
7 Still Fighting for Justice Low paid Workers in a
Global Market 139
Global workers 139
Care homes legitimising exploitation 145
Sweatshops and Asian women s struggles: continuities
and changes 147
The restructuring of British industry. Smethwick as
a microcosm 147
Strikes in the service sector 148
A comparison of two strikes 149
Key strategies of the two strikes 150
Attitudes of the trade union leadership 154
The new era of partnership 155
Contents ix
8 Dreams, Questions and Struggles Reflections on a
Movement 159
Some early experiences of organising as Asian women 161
Asian women s refuges, funding and the state 163
Supporting People policies 165
Racism and the fragmentation of services 167
Feminism is needed more than ever 170
Notes 172
References 177
Index 184
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Contents
Acknowledgements x
Introduction 1
1 The New 'Good Woman': Reconstructing Patriarchal
Control 7
Where'belonging to .'comes from 8
Encounters with colonial and global capital 13
Controlling women's sexuality 15
The hijab 'brimming with politics' 22
Reconstructing femininity 25
Women working for patriarchy 27
Mothers and violence 32
Sexual abuse and patriarchy 35
2 A Thing of Beauty and a Boy Forever Changing
Masculinities 41
From workers to worshippers Sikhs and male identity 42
The Warrior Guru 48
Azad Kashmiris and transnational biradaris 50
New Islamic groups and approaches 54
Luton's club scene 57
Gujaratis and the creation of a 'civilised' Hindu culture 59
Masculinity, femininity and right wing Hindu
groups in Britain 66
Discourses of Hindutva and the diaspora 68
The Gujarat massacres: responses from Britain 69
3 'Mercy and Wisdom of a Government'? Race, Culture
and Immigration Control 72
Multiculturalism reshaping culture in the interests of
control 73
Immigration, gender and 'credible witnesses' 76
The Two Year Rule 78
'No recourse to public funds' 83
The Forced Marriage Initiative confronting South Asian
patriarchy? N6
Colonial counterparts of the Forced Marriage Initiative 88
viii Dreams, Questions, Struggles
Do only 'British' women need human rights? 89
Giving women 'choice'? 91
Honour crimes and multicultural constructions 93
4 Making a Spectacle of Oneself South Asian Weddings
in Britain 96
Bollywood and Europe mingle in the market 98
The bride as spectacle or bahu as icon 99
The bride's 'Big Day' 101
The rise and rise of the cost of weddings 103
The escalation of dowries factors specific to Punjab 104
The escalation of dowries factors specific to Gujarat 105
Demands from the groom's family 106
Life after the wedding 108
5 Psychiatry, Violence and Mental Distress 111
When psychiatry colludes with patriarchy 112
Rehab, respite, race and gender 118
Self harm and suicide 119
An 'up and coming health authority' 121
What is 'normal' for a man? 125
6 Contesting (mis)Representations 128
Racism a thing of the past? 129
East is East 131
A few messages from Bollywood 134
Charismatic fathers 137
7 Still Fighting for Justice Low paid Workers in a
Global Market 139
Global workers 139
Care homes legitimising exploitation 145
Sweatshops and Asian women's struggles: continuities
and changes 147
The restructuring of British industry. Smethwick as
a microcosm 147
Strikes in the service sector 148
A comparison of two strikes 149
Key strategies of the two strikes 150
Attitudes of the trade union leadership 154
The new 'era of partnership' 155
Contents ix
8 Dreams, Questions and Struggles Reflections on a
Movement 159
Some early experiences of organising as Asian women 161
Asian women's refuges, funding and the state 163
'Supporting People' policies 165
Racism and the fragmentation of services 167
Feminism is needed more than ever 170
Notes 172
References 177
Index 184 |
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