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Economies of Gender : Masculinity, Mail Order Brides, and Women's Labor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meszaros, Julia H.
- Series:
- Politics of Marriage and Gender: Global Issues in Local Contexts Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dating (Social customs).
- Man-woman relationships.
- Human trafficking.
- Foreign spouses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (175 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- Economies of Gender: Masculinity, "Mail Order Brides," and Women's Labor offers a provocative exploration of the international dating industry, challenging simplistic narratives of human trafficking and scams while shedding light on the economic dynamics of gender.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Masculinity as Access to Women's Labor
- 'Mail Order Brides', International Dating, and Intimate Frontier
- Frontier Masculinity as Extracting Femininity Capital
- Ukraine: The Frontier of Fantasy
- Colombia: The Sexualized Frontier
- Philippines: The Frontier of Marriage
- Marriage: Happily Ever After?
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-9788-4279-1
- 9781978842793
- OCLC:
- 1502071152
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