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For Better or for Worse : Vietnamese International Marriages in the New Global Economy by Hung Cam Thai (2008, Perfect)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRutgers University Press
ISBN-100813542898
ISBN-139780813542898
eBay Product ID (ePID)63868319
Product Key Features
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameFor Better or for Worse : Vietnamese International Marriages in the New Global Economy
Publication Year2008
SubjectMarriage & Long-Term Relationships, Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies, Globalization, General, Customs & Traditions, Sociology / Marriage & Family
TypeTextbook
AuthorHung Cam Thai
Subject AreaFamily & Relationships, Political Science, Social Science
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight9.9 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2007-024987
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsA tremendously important contribution to the study of gender and migration with its focus on the oft-ignored topic of masculinity. - Rhacel Salazar Parrenas, author of Children of Global Migration: Transnational Families and Gendered Woes
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal306.84/508995922073
Table Of ContentIntroduction : marriage and migration in the new global economy The gift of modernity Convertibility Globalization as a gender strategy The matchmaker Money The two unmarriageables The highly unmarriageables Conclusion : for better or for worse
SynopsisIn For Better or For Worse , Hung Cam Thai takes a closer look at marriage and migration, with a specific focus on the unions between Vietnamese men living in the United States and the women who marry them. Weaving together a series of personal stories, he underscores the ironies and challenges that these unions face. He includes the voices of working-class immigrant men dealing with marginalization in their adopted country. These men speak about wanting "traditional" wives who they hope will recognize their gendered authority. Meanwhile, young Vietnamese college-educated women, undesirable to bachelors in their own country who are seeking subservient wives, express a preference for men of the same ethnicity but with a more liberal outlook on gender-men they imagine they will find in the United States., Hung Cam Thai takes a closer look at marriage and migration, with a focus on the unions between Vietnamese men living in the United States and the women who marry them. Weaving together personal stories, he underscores the ironies and challenges that these unions face. He includes the voices of working-class immigrant men dealing with marginalization in their adopted country. These men speak about wanting "traditional" wives who they hope will recognize their gendered authority. Meanwhile, young Vietnamese college-educated women express a preference for men of the same ethnicity but with a more liberal outlook on gender-men they imagine they will find in the United States., Marriage is currently the number-one reason people migrate to the United States, and women constitute the majority of newcomers joining husbands who already reside here. But little is known about these marriage and migration streams beyond the highly publicized and often sensationalized phenomena of mail-order and military brides. Less commonly known is that most international couples are immigrants of the same ethnicity. In For Better or For Worse , Hung Cam Thai takes a closer look at marriage and migration, with a specific focus on the unions between Vietnamese men living in the United States and the women who marry them. Weaving together a series of personal stories, he underscores the ironies and challenges that these unions face. He includes the voices of working-class immigrant men dealing with marginalization in their adopted country. These men speak about wanting "traditional" wives who they hope will recognize their gendered authority. Meanwhile, young Vietnamese college-educated women, undesirable to bachelors in their own country who are seeking subservient wives, express a preference for men of the same ethnicity but with a more liberal outlook on gender-men they imagine they will find in the United States. A sense of foreboding pervades the book as Thai captures the incompatible viewpoints of the couples who appear to be separated not only geographically but ideologically.
LC Classification NumberHQ525
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