Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Making Introductions 13
6. 2. Ethnography in Imagined Virtual Communities 31
7. 3. Feminism and Myths of “Mail-Order” Marriages 63
8. 4. Fairy Tales, Family Values, and the Global Politics of Romance 91
9. 5. Political Economy and Cultural Logics of Desire 116
10. 6. Women’s Agency and the Gendered Geography of Marriage 145
11. 7. Tales of Waiting: History, Immigration, and the State 175
12. 8. Conclusion: Marriage, Migration, and Transnational Families 210
13. Notes 227
14. References Cited 261
15. Index 275