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Intersections of Gender, Sex, and Power: Control over Women's Bodies and Sexuality Amongst the Bangladeshi Diaspora in Britain

Intersections of Gender, Sex, and Power: Control over Women's Bodies and Sexuality Amongst the Bangladeshi Diaspora in Britain
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Author(s): Lubna Ferdowsi (The University of Hull, UK)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 24
Source title: Discourse Analysis as a Tool for Understanding Gender Identity, Representation, and Equality
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Nazmunnessa Mahtab (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh), Sara Parker (John Moores University, UK), Farah Kabir (Action Aid, Bangladesh), Tania Haque (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh), Aditi Sabur (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh)and Abu Saleh Mohammad Sowad (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0225-8.ch001

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Abstract

This chapter highlights the dilemma of being immigrant diasporic women in a British cultural context by focusing on the everyday life of British Bangladeshi women who are being controlled in the private sphere based on empirical research. Particularly, the chapter shows how cultural ideologies are intersecting with patriarchal norms to gain control over women bodies and sexuality. Finally, the chapter discusses the process and system of differentiation and domination through an intersectional analysis to understand how women ostensibly belonging to the same ethnic group may have different and competing experiences of migration and Diaspora.

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