Romance on a global stage
Constable, Nicole.
Romance on a global stage pen pals, virtual ethnography, and "mail-order" marriages / [electronic resource] : Nicole Constable. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003. - x, 284 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Intercountry marriage--United States.
Marriage brokerage--United States.
Mail order brides--United States.
Asians--United States.
International correspondence--Social aspects.
Electronic books.
HQ1032 / .C65 2003eb
306.84/5
Romance on a global stage pen pals, virtual ethnography, and "mail-order" marriages / [electronic resource] : Nicole Constable. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003. - x, 284 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Intercountry marriage--United States.
Marriage brokerage--United States.
Mail order brides--United States.
Asians--United States.
International correspondence--Social aspects.
Electronic books.
HQ1032 / .C65 2003eb
306.84/5