Dreaming of a Mail-Order Husband - 9780822340294
Un libro in lingua di Ericka Johnson edito da Duke Univ Pr, 2007
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Each chapter presents one woman's story and then links it to a discussion of gender roles, the mail-order bride industry, and the severe economic and social constraints of life in Russia. The transitional economy has often left people, after a month's work, either unpaid or paid unexpectedly with a supply of sunflower oil or toilet paper. Women over twenty-three are considered virtually unmarriageable in Russian society. Russia has a large population of women who are single, divorced, or widowed, who would like to be married yet feel that they have no chance finding a Russian husband. Grim realities such as these motivate women to seek better lives abroad. For many of those seeking a mail-order husband, children or parents play significant roles in the search for better lives, and they play a role in Johnson's account as well. In addition to her research in the former Soviet Union, Johnson conducted interviews in the United States, and she shares the insights—about dating, marriage, and cross-cultural communication—of a Russian-American married couple who met via the Internet.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Dreaming of a Mail-Order Husband
- Sottotitolo: Russian-American Internet Romance
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Ericka Johnson
- Editore: Duke Univ Pr
- Collana: Duke Univ Pr (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 30 Gennaio '07
- Genere: SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Argomenti : Women Russia (Federation) Social conditions Mail order brides United States Interviews Feminism Russia (Federation
- Pagine: 193
- Dimensioni mm: 234 x 152 x 19
- ISBN-10: 0822340291
- EAN-13: 9780822340294