Buch
Monografie
Dreaming of a mail-order husband : Russian-American internet romance
Verfasst von:
Johnson, Ericka
Durham, N.C. [u. a.]:
Duke Univ. Press
,
2007
,
193 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Frauensolidarität | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Johnson, Ericka |
| Jahr: | 2007 |
| Maße: | 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0822340100 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| In the American media, Russian mail-order brides are often portrayed either as or as gold diggers in search of money and green cards. Rarely are they allowed to speak for themselves. In this book, six Russian women who are in search of or have already found U.S. husbands via listings on the internet tell their stories. The women, in their twenties and thirties, describe how they placed listings on the internet and what they think about their contacts with Western men. They discuss their expectations about marriage in the United States and their reasons for wishing to emigrate. Their differing backgrounds, economic situations, and educational levels belie homogeneous characterizations of Russian mail-order brides. Each chapter presents one womans 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. 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 Ericka Johnsons 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 of a Russian-American married couple who met via the internet. | |
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