ISBN:
0520237056
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0520238702
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0520937228
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1417508329
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1597348775
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9780520237056
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9780520238701
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9780520937222
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9781417508327
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9781597348775
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 283 pages)
DDC:
306.84/5
Keywords:
Mariage interethnique / États-Unis
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Agences matrimoniales / États-Unis
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Mariage par correspondance / États-Unis
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Asiatiques / États-Unis
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Correspondance internationale / États-Unis
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
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Huwelijksbemiddeling
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Internet
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Vrouwen
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Aziaten
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Frau
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Gesellschaft
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Intercountry marriage
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Marriage brokerage
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Mail order brides
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Asians
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International correspondence Social aspects
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Interethnische Ehe
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Ehe
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Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
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USA
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USA
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USA
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Ehe
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Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
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USA
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Interethnische Ehe
Note:
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
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-274) and index
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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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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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