From schoolgirls to matriarchs, single mothers to extended families, and
businesswomen to factory workers, the experience of Asian women in Britain today
is polarised by class and religion. This book explores the lives and struggles
of two generations of British Asian women to present a political account of
their experiences: personal and public, individual and collective, their
struggles take on power structures within the family, the community and, on
occasion, the British state. Combining their personal testimony within a
theoretical framework, Amrit Wilson locates their experiences in the wider
context of global and regional politics. She examines what impact the feminist
movement has had on their lives, and