Daughters of Durga
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Daughters of Durga

Dowries, Gender Violence and Family in Australia

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eBook - ePub

Daughters of Durga

Dowries, Gender Violence and Family in Australia

About this book

In the early 2010s a spate of domestic violence-related murders in the Victorian Indian community compelled psychiatrist Manjula Datta O'Connor to investigate the causes of patriarchal abuse in South Asian families. As a practitioner with many decades experience in the field, Datta O'Connor questioned whether a better understanding of history and culture could help these communities implement measures to prevent family violence. But the most powerful lessons came from those she met through her practice - survivors of transnational abuse and of sexual and dowry exploitation. These women taught Datta O'Connor about human resilience and strength and the myriad ways women find the inner power to survive. These are the daughters of the goddess Durga, wielding the tools of history to produce meaningful change.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. 1 Women of India
  7. 2 The Happy Family
  8. 3 The Costs of a Hierarchical Society
  9. 4 A Daughter is Only Ever a Guest in the Father’s Home
  10. 5 The Malady (Dowry Deaths)
  11. 6 Societal Fear Paralyses Social Change
  12. 7 Wish You Were a Son
  13. 8 Caste and Honour Killings
  14. 9 Huge Cost of Mental Illness
  15. 10 Migration, Family and Suicide
  16. 11 Education is the Key to Equality
  17. 12 The Burden on Men of Indian Society
  18. 13 Actions Against Dowry Abuse in Australia
  19. 14 The Way Forward: Manusmriti Reimagined
  20. Acknowledgments
  21. Notes
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index