Romance on a global stage
pen pals, virtual ethnography, and "mail-order" marriages
Constable, Nicole.
creator
text
bibliography
cau
Berkeley
University of California Press
2003
monographic
eng
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
Nicole Constable.
Intercountry marriage
United States
Marriage brokerage
United States
Mail order brides
United States
Asians
United States
International correspondence
Social aspects
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