Unruly Immigrants · Rights, Activism, and Transnational South Asian Politics in the United States by Gupta, Monisha Das -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Unruly Immigrants Crisis in Rights: Migrancy and Citizenship A Transnational Complex of Rights Telling a Different Tale

Chapter 1: Terms of Belonging

Historical Context: Of Race and Rights Enacting Citizenship In Search of a Name “Not All Caucasians Are White” “Where Does Race Stop?” Contentions within the Establishment Conclusion

Chapter 2: Contests over Culture

Cultural Politics of Model Minorityhood “Homebreakers”: Domestic Violence and Its Survivors “AWhite Disease”: Homoerotics and Queerphobia Failing to Make It: Service Workers and Small Entrepreneurs Conclusion

Chapter 3: Law and Oppression

The Subordination of Women and Domestic Violence The Heterosexual Contract The Exploitation of Immigrant Workers Conclusion

Chapter 4: “Owning Our Lives”: Women’s Organizations

Manavi: Addressing the Spectrum of Violence against Women Sakhi: Putting a Public Face on Violence against Women SAWA: Multi-issue Organizing Conclusion

Chapter 5: Subverting Seductions: Queer Organizations

The Politics of Naming Community and Visibility India Day Parade and Sexual Citizenship Cross-Connections Conclusion

Chapter 6: “Know Your Place in History”: Labor Organizations

Dignifying Domestic Work Sweatshop on Wheels Conclusion

Conclusion Notes

Introduction 1. Terms of Belonging 2. Contests over Culture 3. Law and Oppression 4. ”Owning Our Lives”: Women’s Organizations 5. Subverting Seductions 6. ”Know Your Place in History”

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