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Romance on a global stage : pen pals, virtual ethnography, and "mail-order" marriages /
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 com...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2003.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 283 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-274) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520937222 0520937228 1417508329 9781417508327 1597348775 9781597348775 9786612359729 6612359722 |