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1044721
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b799091
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Constable, Nicole
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Romance on a global stage : : pen pals, virtual ethnography, and "mail-order" marriages /\ Nicole Constable.
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| Publication Statement
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Berkeley :: University of California Press,, ©2003.
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1 online resource (x, 283 pages)
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| ISBN
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0520937228
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: 1417508329
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: 1597348775
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: 6612359722
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: 9780520937222
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: 9781417508327
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: 9781597348775
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: 9786612359729
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0520237056
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0520238702
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9780520237056
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9780520238701
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-274) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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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.
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Asians-- United States.
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Intercountry marriage-- United States.
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International correspondence-- Social aspects.
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Mail order brides-- United States.
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Marriage brokerage-- United States.
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Agences matrimoniales-- États-Unis.
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Asiatiques-- États-Unis.
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Correspondance internationale-- États-Unis.
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Mariage interethnique-- États-Unis.
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Mariage par correspondance-- États-Unis.
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Asians.
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Intercountry marriage.
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Mail order brides.
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Marriage brokerage.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Sociology-- Marriage Family.
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Aziaten.
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Huwelijksbemiddeling.
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Internet.
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Vrouwen.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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306.84/5
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| LC Classification
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HQ1032.C65 2003eb
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71.22bcl
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71.22.bcl
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