Dreams, Questions, Struggles

Amrit Wilson was Senior Lecturer in Women's Studies/South Asian Studies at Luton University. She set up the first Asian women's refuge in London and works with 'Asian Women Unite'. She is author of Finding A Voice (Virago, 1978), which won the Martin Luther King award, and has written about black experiences in Britain, the politics of South Asia and gender issues. She is the author of Dreams, Questions, Struggles (Pluto, 2006) and The Threat of Liberation (Pluto, 2013).

• 1. Introduction2. The new ‘good woman’: reconstructing patriarchal control3. A thing of beauty and a boy forever – changing masculinities4. ‘Mercy and Wisdom of a government’? Race, Culture and Immigration Control5. Making a spectacle of oneself –South Asian weddings in Britain6. Psychiatry, violence and mental distress7. Contesting (mis)representations 8. Still fighting for justice –low-paid workers in a global market9. Dreams, questions and struggles – reflections on a movement NotesBibliographyIndex

'At a time when Asian women are only being discussed in terms of their veils, forced marriages and oppressive religion, what a relief it is to read a book about Asian women as agents not objects'