Post-Soviet brides in the China dream : migration, marriage, and geopolitics across borders /
"This is the first interdisciplinary work on marriage migration from the former Soviet Union to Reform-era China, almost invariably involving a Slavic bride and a Chinese husband. To understand China better as a destination for marriage migration, Elena Barabantseva delves into the politics and...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press,
2026
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "This is the first interdisciplinary work on marriage migration from the former Soviet Union to Reform-era China, almost invariably involving a Slavic bride and a Chinese husband. To understand China better as a destination for marriage migration, Elena Barabantseva delves into the politics and lived experiences of desire, marriage and race, all within China's pursuit of national rejuvenation. She brings together diverse sources, including immigration policies, migration patterns, TV portrayals, life stories, and digital ethnography, to present an embodied analysis of intimate geopolitics. Barabantseva argues that this particularly gendered and racialised model of international marriage is revealing of China's relations within the global world order, in which white femininity embodies the perceived success of Chinese masculinity and nationhood"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9781009600156 100960015X 9781009600132 1009600133 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/9781009600132 |