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Through alien eyes : a view of America and intercultural marriages / Elena Popova.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Popova, Elena, 1963-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intercountry marriage--United States.
- Intercountry marriage.
- Men--United States.
- Men.
- Women--Russia (Federation).
- Women.
- Women immigrants--United States--Social conditions.
- Women immigrants.
- Russians--United States.
- Russians.
- Popova, Elena, 1963-.
- Popova, Elena.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (276 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Algora Pub., c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- What do you think of those Russian brides? What do they think of YOU? International marriages bring a substantial number of newcomers to the US and contribute to the transformation of the basic institution of society - the family. When men are from Mars and women are aliens, the marital dynamic can be quite dramatic. A Russian-born journalist, Ms. Popova shines a blinding light on some of the amusing and amazing oddities that are revealed when an outsider takes a blunt look at how we live.
- Contents:
- 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 life is better
- 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 : the adjustment period
- The show must go on
- Watch you 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. western counterparts
- The land of loneliness
- Just a click away
- Lies, love, and humiliation : visa stories
- What the statistics reveal
- Agencies and goods
- Creating a prey
- Tactics of violence
- Love : Russian style
- A young wife's diary
- Out of the horse's mouth, or so the horse says
- He says, she says
- Back on track
- Russians' talk
- Killed resurrection
- That's life
- Storybook endings
- Bridges and dividers.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786611793845
- 1-281-79384-1
- 0-87586-641-7
- OCLC:
- 476192377
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