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001 2002152989
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010 _a 2002152989
020 _a0520237056 (alk. paper)
020 _a0520238702 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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100 1 _aConstable, Nicole.
245 1 0 _aRomance on a global stage :
_bpen pals, virtual ethnography, and "mail-order" marriages /
_cNicole Constable.
264 1 _aBerkeley :
_bUniversity of California Press,
_c[2003]
264 4 _c©2003
300 _ax, 283 pages ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 261-274) and index.
505 0 _aMaking 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.
596 _a1
650 0 _aIntercountry marriage
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aMarriage brokerage
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aMail order brides
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aAsians
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aInternational correspondence
_xSocial aspects.
856 4 1 _zTable of contents
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ucal041/2002152989.html
856 4 2 _zPublisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/ucal042/2002152989.html
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