LEADER 04013nam 2200793Ia 450 001 9910953625103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786612359729 010 $a9780520937222 010 $a0520937228 010 $a9781282359727 010 $a128235972X 010 $a9781597348775 010 $a1597348775 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520937222 035 $a(CKB)1000000000006971 035 $a(EBL)224231 035 $a(OCoLC)70661721 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000239357 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11218782 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000239357 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10239778 035 $a(PQKB)11175551 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC224231 035 $a(DE-B1597)520640 035 $a(OCoLC)1096457108 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520937222 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL224231 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10057125 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235972 035 $a(Perlego)2319325 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000006971 100 $a20021029d2003 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRomance on a global stage $epen pals, virtual ethnography, and "mail-order" marriages /$fNicole Constable 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (295 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780520237056 311 08$a0520237056 311 08$a9780520238701 311 08$a0520238702 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $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 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. 330 $aBy 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 of Filipinas, Chinese women, and U.S. men corresponding in hopes of finding a suitable marriage partner. Through the experiences of those engaged in pen pal relationships-their stories of love, romance, migration, and long-distance dating-this book conveys the richness and dignity of women's and men's choices without reducing these correspondents to calculating opportunists or naive romantics. Attentive to the structural, cultural, and personal factors that prompt women and men to seek marriage partners abroad, Romance on a Global Stage questions the dichotomies so frequently drawn between structure and agency, and between global and local levels of analysis. 606 $aIntercountry marriage$zUnited States 606 $aMarriage brokerage$zUnited States 606 $aMail order brides$zUnited States 606 $aAsians$zUnited States 606 $aInternational correspondence$xSocial aspects 615 0$aIntercountry marriage 615 0$aMarriage brokerage 615 0$aMail order brides 615 0$aAsians 615 0$aInternational correspondence$xSocial aspects. 676 $a306.84/5 700 $aConstable$b Nicole$01023774 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910953625103321 996 $aRomance on a global stage$94367553 997 $aUNINA