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01947pam a22004214a 4500 001 EBF54B282B0411DEA75DDE07A8D7520A 005 20201009010822 008 021029s2003 cau b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2002152989 020 $a 9780520237056 (alk. paper) 020 $a 0520237056 (alk. paper) 020 $a 9780520238701 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 0520238702 (pbk. : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)50920728 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d NIU $d SILO 050 00 $a HQ1032 $b .C65 2003 082 00 $a 306.84/5 $2 21 100 1 $a Constable, Nicole. 245 1 $a Romance on a global stage : $b pen pals, virtual ethnography, and "mail-order" marriages / $c Nicole Constable. 260 $a Berkeley : $b University of California Press, $c c2003. 300 $a x, 283 p. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-274) and index. 505 0 $a 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. 650 0 $a Intercountry marriage $z United States. 650 0 $a Marriage brokerage $z United States. 650 0 $a Mail order brides $z United States. 650 0 $a Asians $z United States. 650 0 $a International correspondence $x Social aspects. 939 $a 4958083 941 $a 6 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20240724060253.0 952 $l N2AX314 $d 20210728020619.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171226051605.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160820055805.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EBF54B282B0411DEA75DDE07A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b NIU 952 $l OMAX631 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20090701080000.0Initiate Another SILO Locator Search