Gender, 'Race' and Patriarchy - 9781138315440

Taylor & Francis

The book provides new empirical data on the ways in which gender and 'race' interact in South Asian women\u2019s lives. It offers a greater understanding of the concept of patriarchy as experienced by South Asian women and argues that women\u2019s cultural experiences (such as arranged marriages and dowries) influence the different forms of patriarchy they experience. > The book offers one of the first detailed studies of South Asian women, it provides new empirical data on the issues apparent in South Asian women's lives by 'giving voice' to a group of women who would otherwise remain silent. It is based upon an ethnographic study of a small South Asian community in an inner city. The book offers a new and compelling account of South Asian women, as well as focussing on the ways in which gender and 'race' interact in women\u2019s lives. The book offers an important theoretical contribution to the area of feminist theory. The concept of patriarchy is contested and reworked ands