Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Immigration - Fall 2024 (HIST 27/127) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Couch Potatoes and Super-Women": Gender, Migration, and the Emerging Discourse on Housework among Asian Indian Immigrants Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bhalla, Vibha JSTOR Subject The topic of the resource Gender roles Indian Americans Immigration Description An account of the resource "Couch Potatoes and Super-Women": Gender, Migration, and the Emerging Discourse on Housework among Asian Indian Immigrants VIBHA BHALLA IN APRIL 1991 a letter written by Ms. Subbi Mathur and titled "Couch Potatoes and Super-Women" appeared in India Abroad, the first newspaper of the expatriate Indian community in the United States.1A quasi-humorous piece of writing, the letter focused on the household division of labor within Indian immigrant families in the U.S. and particularly noted Indian im migrant wives' increasing workload as a consequence of migration. The letter portrayed Indian women's transformation into "super-women," who were continuously juggling increasing work at home along with their paid work. In sharp contrast, the letter labeled Indian immigrant husbands as "couch potatoes," or indolent men, who seemed oblivious to their wives' increasing household responsibilities, remained glued to their couches, and did not participate in household chores. The letter st Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available University of Illinois Press on behalf of the Immigration & Ethnic History Society Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2008 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. 27, No. 4 (Summer, 2008), pp. 71-99 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived JSTOR Journal of American Ethnic History https://www.jstor.org/stable/27501853 Language A language of the resource English Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Journal of American Ethnic History © 2008 University of Illinois Press