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Post-Soviet Brides in the China Dream

By Elena Barabantseva

Post-Soviet Brides in the China Dream

By Elena Barabantseva

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This is the first interdisciplinary work on marriage migration from the former Soviet Union to Reform-era China, almost invariably involving a Slavic bride and a Chinese husband. To understand China better as a destination for marriage migration, Elena Barabantseva delves into the politics and lived experiences of desire, marriage and race, all within China's pursuit of national rejuvenation. She brings together diverse sources, including immigration policies, migration patterns, TV portrayals, life stories, and digital ethnography, to present an embodied analysis of intimate geopolitics. Barabantseva argues that this particularly gendered and racialised model of international marriage is revealing of China's relations within the global world order, in which white femininity embodies the perceived success of Chinese masculinity and nationhood. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.
Product details
Number of Pages:
246
Release Date:
2026-03-03
Publication Date:
2026-03-03
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1009600176
ISBN13:
9781009600170
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
512 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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