TY  - BOOK
AU  - Constable,Nicole
TI  - Romance on a global stage: pen pals, virtual ethnography, and "mail-order" marriages 
SN  - 0520238702
AV  - HQ1032 C756 R 2003
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Intercountry marriage
KW  - United States
KW  - Marriage brokerage
KW  - Mail order brides
KW  - Asians
KW  - International correspondence
KW  - Social aspects
N1  - 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
ER  -