Romance on a global stage : pen pals, virtual ethnography, and "mail-order" marriages /
Constable, Nicole.
Romance on a global stage : pen pals, virtual ethnography, and "mail-order" marriages / Nicole Constable. - x, 283 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-274) 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 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.
0520237056 (alk. paper) 0520238702 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2002152989
Intercountry marriage--United States.
Marriage brokerage--United States.
Mail order brides--United States.
Asians--United States.
International correspondence--Social aspects.
HQ1032 / .C65 2003
306.84/5
Romance on a global stage : pen pals, virtual ethnography, and "mail-order" marriages / Nicole Constable. - x, 283 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-274) 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 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.
0520237056 (alk. paper) 0520238702 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2002152989
Intercountry marriage--United States.
Marriage brokerage--United States.
Mail order brides--United States.
Asians--United States.
International correspondence--Social aspects.
HQ1032 / .C65 2003
306.84/5