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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...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Constable, Nicole (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2003.
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Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (x, 283 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-274) and index.
ISBN:9780520937222
0520937228
1417508329
9781417508327
1597348775
9781597348775
9786612359729
6612359722