01414cam a22002654a 4500008004100000020001500041020001800056040000800074050002400082100002300106245011200129260005500241300001300296505041900309505001700728650004200745650003900787650003800826650002700864650005000891900001400941942001300955999001900968952016100987021029s2003    cau      b   s001 0 eng    a0520238702  a9780520238701  aSDU00aHQ1032bC756 R 20031 aConstable, Nicole.10aRomance on a global stage :bpen pals, virtual ethnography, and "mail-order" marriages /cNicole Constable.  aBerkeley :bUniversity of California Press,c2003.  a283 p. :0 aMaking 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.0 aHKBU Library 0aIntercountry marriagezUnited States. 0aMarriage brokeragezUnited States. 0aMail order brideszUnited States. 0aAsianszUnited States. 0aInternational correspondencexSocial aspects.  a= C.1 SDU  cGBE2lcc  c101694d101694  00102lcc406HQ1032 C756 R2003708CGB9278328aSDUbSDUcGEN3d2025-08-19e2l0oHQ1032 C756 R 2003p1000374822r2025-08-19 00:00:00tC.1w2025-08-19yGBE