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dc.contributor.authorAkter, Syeda Salma
dc.description.abstractImmigrant women coming from South Asian countries to countries like the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada are often shocked when they become victims of domestic violence at the hands of their sole companions in a foreign country. Because of their unfamiliarity with the new country, victimized women are often forced to endure violence for long periods of time in silence. Scholars have identified the reasons behind this silence. William A. Stacey explains that victim women do not want to speak of violence because they are thinking of their children and hoping for an end of violence one day (55). Loise I Gerdes agrees and adds that remaining silent about domestic violence is a cultural practice in some countries (118). While discussing the reasons for silence within this community of women, I will argue that silence does not end violence, rather intensifies it.en_US
dc.publisherNorth Dakota State Universityen_US
dc.rightsNDSU policy 190.6.2en_US
dc.titleDangerous Silences: South Asian Immigrant Women and the Threat of Domestic Violenceen_US
dc.typeMaster's Paperen_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-17T18:02:15Z
dc.date.available2021-12-17T18:02:15Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10365/32252
dc.rights.urihttps://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdfen_US
ndsu.degreeMaster of Arts (MA)en_US
ndsu.collegeArts, Humanities, and Social Sciencesen_US
ndsu.departmentEnglishen_US
ndsu.programEnglishen_US
ndsu.advisorGraham Bertolini, Alison


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