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.