TY - BOOK AU - Constable,Nicole TI - Romance on a global stage: pen pals, virtual ethnography, and "mail-order" marriages SN - 0520237056 (alk. paper) AV - HQ1032 .C65 2003 U1 - 306.84/5 21 PY - 2003///] CY - Berkeley PB - University of California Press KW - Intercountry marriage KW - United States KW - Marriage brokerage KW - Mail order brides KW - Asians KW - International correspondence KW - Social aspects N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ucal041/2002152989.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/ucal042/2002152989.html ER -