Romance on a global stage [electronic resource] : pen pals, virtual ethnography, and "mail-order" marriages / Nicole Constable.
Material type: TextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003.Description: x, 284 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 306.84/5 21
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Includes bibliographical references 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 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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.