Dreaming of a Mail-Order Husband - Russian-American Internet Romance

Informationen zum Autor Ericka Johnson is a researcher in the Department of Technology and Social Change at Linköping University in Sweden. She is the author of Situating Simulators: The Integration of Simulations in Medical Practice. Klappentext Features six Russian women who are either in search of or have already found foreign husbands via listings on the internet, highlighting their understandings of gender roles, the mail-order bride industry, and the experience of entering a new culture. Zusammenfassung Features six Russian women who are either in search of or have already found foreign husbands via listings on the internet! highlighting their understandings of gender roles! the mail-order bride industry! and the experience of entering a new culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. A Catalogue of Women 7 2. Olga: Feminism or Femininity 22 3. Vera: A Catalogue of Men 49 4. Valentina: Searching for Companionship 66 5. Tanya: Trafficking in Dreams 88 6. Marina: Culture Shock 107 7. Anastasia and John: Making a Marriage Work 128 8. A Catalogue of Hope 146 Notes 163 Bibliography 183 Index 191

Product details

• Authors: Ericka Johnson
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.07.2007
• EAN: 9780822340102
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-4010-2
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories