Romance on a Global Stage Pen Pals, Virtual Ethnography, and Mail Order Marriages

Name: Romance on a Global Stage Pen Pals, Virtual Ethnography, and Mail Order Marriages
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ISBN: 9780520237056

ISBN-10: 0520237056

ISBN-13: 9780520237056

Edition: 2003

Authors: Nicole Constable

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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 Stagelooks at the intimate realities of Filipinas, Chinese women, and U.S. men corresponding in hopes of finding a suitable marriage…

Book details

List price: $85.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 9/18/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 293
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.144



Acknowledgments


Introduction



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


Notes


References


Cited Index