Constable, Nicole.

Romance on a global stage : pen pals, virtual ethnography, and "mail-order" marriages / Nicole Constable. - Berkeley : University of California Press, 2003. - 283 p. :

Making introductions -- Ethnography in imagined virtual communities -- Feminism and myths of "mail-order" marriages -- Fairy tales, family values, and the global politics of romance -- Political economy and the cultural logics of desire -- Women's agency and the gendered geography of marriage -- Tales of waiting: history, immigration, and the state -- Conclusion: marriage, migration, and transnational families. HKBU Library

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Intercountry marriage--United States.
Marriage brokerage--United States.
Mail order brides--United States.
Asians--United States.
International correspondence--Social aspects.

HQ1032 / C756 R 2003