Romance on a global stage: pen pals, virtual ethnography, and "mail-order" marriages
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1. Verfasser: Constable, Nicole (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley University of California Press ©2003
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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
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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ISBN:0520237056
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