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Autore: | Popova Elena <1963-> |
Titolo: | Through alien eyes [[electronic resource] ] : a view of America and intercultural marriages / / Elena Popova |
Pubblicazione: | New York, : Algora Pub., c2008 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (276 p.) |
Disciplina: | 306.84/50973 |
Soggetto topico: | Intercountry marriage - United States |
Men - United States | |
Women - Russia (Federation) | |
Women immigrants - United States - Social conditions | |
Russians - United States | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Nota di contenuto: | Serious stuff : food -- Legends of the sex drive -- Pets, the true love -- Isn't that custom strange? -- Myths and standards -- Several horror stories -- Searching where life is better -- A nation of victims -- The globe of America -- The war of the worlds -- Borrowed lifestyle : American extravagance -- Moose and squirrels!, or images of Russians -- Demons she fights : the adjustment period -- The show must go on -- Watch you language -- To execute or to pardon? -- A woman at the door -- The competition of congregations, or which Christian is more of a Christian? -- Analyze this -- When Martians and Venusians clash -- Russian men vs. western counterparts -- The land of loneliness -- Just a click away -- Lies, love, and humiliation : visa stories -- What the statistics reveal -- Agencies and goods -- Creating a prey -- Tactics of violence -- Love : Russian style -- A young wife's diary -- Out of the horse's mouth, or so the horse says -- He says, she says -- Back on track -- Russians' talk -- Killed resurrection -- That's life -- Storybook endings -- Bridges and dividers. |
Sommario/riassunto: | What do you think of those Russian brides? What do they think of YOU? International marriages bring a substantial number of newcomers to the US and contribute to the transformation of the basic institution of society - the family. When men are from Mars and women are aliens, the marital dynamic can be quite dramatic. A Russian-born journalist, Ms. Popova shines a blinding light on some of the amusing and amazing oddities that are revealed when an outsider takes a blunt look at how we live. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Through alien eyes |
ISBN: | 9786611793845 |
1-281-79384-1 | |
0-87586-641-7 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910782796303321 |
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