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.