The Filipina-South Florida international Internet marriage practice: agency, culture, and paradox
This dissertation concerns the structures and individual agency of Filipina brides who met their American husbands through Internet or pen pal advertisements. Popular media, legal scholars, and some feminists have largely described the phenomenon in terms of its oppressiveness toward the women invol...
Other Authors: | Haley, Pamela Sullivan. |
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Format: | Others |
Language: | English |
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Florida Atlantic University
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Online Access: | http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/186295 |
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