1 Introduction: Economic abuse is the untold story of family violence
2 Carol: The joint account becomes a medium of abuse
3 Ekta: The ‘good son’ sends her money to his parents
4 Rina: Dowry is economic, emotional and physical abuse
5 Geeta: He gave me coins, not notes
6 Karen: ‘I’ve been a single mother for most of my married life’
7 Asha: ‘You now belong to my family and your money is mine’
8 Chitra: He and his family abused her for she did not behave ‘like a good wife’
9 Prema: He married her to get permanent residence
10 Betty: After he died she recognised it as economic abuse
11 Heer: She knew she should leave but was in a silent ‘cultural bind’
12 Bala: A story of torture, survival and empowerment
13 Enid: Talking of money
14 Conclusion
Biography
Supriya Singh is a sociologist of money, migration and family. She is Honorary Professor at the Graduate School of Business and Law, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University.
Blending deep empathy with sociological insight, Supriya Singh offers a pathbreaking account of domestic financial abuse. As public visibility of physical violence against women has increased, Singh reveals the equally devastating effects of economic violence. Drawing from poignant interviews, the book’s discoveries will instruct social scientists, inform policy makers, and engage all readers concerned with understanding families, money, and love.
Viviana A. Zelizer is the Lloyd Cotsen ’50 Professor of Sociology at Princeton University. She is the author of Economic Lives: How Culture Shapes the Economy.
See Supriya Singh's Ted Talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id6kPfzHVr8
