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Brides on sale : Taiwanese cross border marriages in a globalizing Asia /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sandel, Todd L., 1964- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Peter Lang, [2015]
Series:Critical intercultural communication studies ; v. 21.
Subjects:
Intercountry marriage > Taiwan.
Intercountry marriage > Indonesia > Singkawang.
Mail order brides > Taiwan.
Mail order brides > Indonesia > Singkawang.
Chinese > Indonesia > Singkawang > Social life and customs.
Chinese > Social life and customs.
Intercountry marriage.
Mail order brides.
Indonesia > Singkawang.
Taiwan.
Table of Contents:
  • The "advertized" foreign bride : a semiotic and discourse analysis
  • Historical and contemporary marriage arrangements
  • What it means to be a foreign spouse : gendered understandings
  • Educating the "foreign spouse" and her children
  • The end of brokered marriage?
  • Conclusion : critical reflections on cross border marriage.