| Description |
1 online resource (x, 283 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-274) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
By the year 2000 more than 350 Internet agencies were plying the email-order marriage trade, and the business of matching up mostly Western men with women from Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America had become an example of globalization writ large. This provocative work opens a window onto the complex motivations and experiences of the people behind the stereotypes and misconceptions that have exploded along with the practice of transnational courtship and marriage. Combining extensive Internet ethnography and face-to-face fieldwork, Romance on a Global Stage looks at the intimate realities. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Intercountry marriage -- United States.
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Intercountry marriage. |
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United States. |
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Marriage brokerage -- United States.
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Marriage brokerage. |
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Mail order brides -- United States.
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Mail order brides. |
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Asians -- United States.
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Asians. |
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International correspondence -- Social aspects.
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International correspondence. |
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Social aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Constable, Nicole. Romance on a global stage. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2003 0520237056 0520238702 (DLC) 2002152989 (OCoLC)50920728 |
| ISBN |
9780520937222 (electronic book) |
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0520937228 (electronic book) |
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1417508329 (electronic book) |
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9781417508327 (electronic book) |
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1597348775 (electronic book) |
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9781597348775 (electronic book) |
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0520237056 |
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9780520237056 |
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0520238702 |
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9780520238701 |
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