Hung Cam Thai

For Better or For Worse

Vietnamese International Marriages in the New Global Economy

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 301g
• ISBN-13: 9780813542898
• ISBN-10: 0813542898
• Artikelnr.: 23440351

Autorenporträt

Hung Cam Thai is an assistant professor of sociology and Asian American studies at Pomona College.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction : 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