000287164 000__ 01824cam\a22003734a\45\0 000287164 001__ 287164 000287164 005__ 20210513105454.0 000287164 008__ 021029s2003\\\\cau\\\\\\b\\\s001\0\eng\\ 000287164 010__ $$a 2002152989 000287164 0167_ $$a011617578$$2Uk 000287164 020__ $$a0520238702 (pbk. : alk. paper) 000287164 020__ $$a0520237056 (alk. paper) 000287164 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm50920728 000287164 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dUKM 000287164 042__ $$apcc 000287164 043__ $$an-us---$$aa------ 000287164 049__ $$aISEA 000287164 05000 $$aHQ1032$$b.C65 2003 000287164 08200 $$a306.84/5$$221 000287164 1001_ $$aConstable, Nicole. 000287164 24510 $$aRomance on a global stage :$$bpen pals, virtual ethnography, and "mail-order" marriages /$$cNicole Constable. 000287164 260__ $$aBerkeley :$$bUniversity of California Press,$$cc2003. 000287164 300__ $$ax, 283 p. :$$c23 cm. 000287164 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 261-274) and index. 000287164 5050_ $$aMaking 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. 000287164 650_0 $$aIntercountry marriage$$zUnited States. 000287164 650_0 $$aMarriage brokerage$$zUnited States. 000287164 650_0 $$aMail order brides$$zUnited States. 000287164 650_0 $$aAsians$$zUnited States. 000287164 650_0 $$aInternational correspondence$$xSocial aspects. 000287164 85200 $$bgen$$hHQ1032$$i.C65$$i2003 000287164 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/ucal052/2002152989.html 000287164 85641 $$3Table of contents$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ucal041/2002152989.html 000287164 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/ucal042/2002152989.html 000287164 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:287164$$pGLOBAL_SET 000287164 980__ $$aBIB 000287164 980__ $$aBOOK 000287164 994__ $$aC0$$bISE