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.
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Intercountry marriage--United States.
Marriage brokerage--United States.
Mail order brides--United States.
Asians--United States.
International correspondence--Social aspects.


Electronic books.

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