Constable, Nicole. <br/><br/>
Romance on a global stage :  pen pals, virtual ethnography, and "mail-order" marriages / 
Nicole Constable. 
 - x, 283 pages ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-274) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0520237056 (alk. paper) 0520238702 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002152989 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Intercountry marriage--United States.<br/>Marriage brokerage--United States.<br/>Mail order brides--United States.<br/>Asians--United States.<br/>International correspondence--Social aspects.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ1032  / .C65 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.84/5