Through alien eyes : a view of America and intercultural marriages /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Popova, Elena, 1963-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Algora Pub., [2008]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • How did you get to the United States?
  • 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 the grass is greener
  • 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 : adjustment period
  • The show must go on
  • Watch your 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. their western counterparts
  • The land of loneliness
  • Meaning and means : Just a click away
  • Lies, love, and humiliation : visa stories
  • What the statistics reveal
  • Goods and services
  • Creating a victim
  • Tactics of violence
  • First person stories : Love : Russian style
  • A young wife's diary
  • From the horse's mouth, or so the horse says
  • He says, she says
  • Back on track
  • Russians' talk
  • Snapshots : Resurrection killed
  • That's life
  • Storybook endings : needle in a haystack
  • Bridges and dividers.