For Love, Money, or Normalcy: Meanings of Strategy and Sentiment in the Russian-American Matchmaking Industry

Ethnos

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 307-330

  Patico, Jennifer ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Marriage; matchmaking; Russia; sentiment; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950501036     PISSN: 00141844     EISSN: 1469588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00141840903053097     Document Type: Article

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