{"id":583,"date":"2012-07-23T14:35:17","date_gmt":"2012-07-23T21:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/limi\/?page_id=583"},"modified":"2023-01-01T20:53:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T04:53:30","slug":"say-i-do","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/limi\/courses\/current-courses\/anth-112\/say-i-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Say I Do: Unveiling the Stories of Mail-Order Brides"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><strong>THE PLACE<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0The Phillipines<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\" colspan=\"2\">\u00a0British Columbia: Greenwood, Prince George, Quesnel, and Vancouver Island<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><strong>THE PEOPLE<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0Gertrude &amp; Rick<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;text-align: left\">\u00a0Helen &amp; Chris<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0Bascel &amp; Linden<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;text-align: left\">\u00a0Emma &amp; Stan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Questions to think about while viewing <em>Say I Do<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What role does technology and globalization play in the mail-order bride industry?<\/li>\n<li>Why are women from the Philippines viewed as particularly desirable by men in the West?<\/li>\n<li>For those whose marriage fails, how is the partner viewed by the other?<\/li>\n<li>What impact does location and economics play in these marriages?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>FURTHER READING:<\/strong><br \/>\nAnderson, Michelle.\u00a0 1993.\u00a0 &#8220;A License To Abuse: The Impact of Conditional Status on Female Immigrants.&#8221; Originally published in <em>The Yale Law Journal<\/em>.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nostatusquo.com\/ACLU\/anderson\/brides\/pg1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.nostatusquo.com\/ACLU\/anderson\/brides\/pg1.html<\/a>, accessed 06 June 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Belleau, Marie-Claire.\u00a0 2003.\u00a0 &#8220;Mail-Order Brides and Canadian Immigration Policy.&#8221;\u00a0 <em>Canadian Women Studies<\/em> 22(3), 94-103.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/cws.journals.yorku.ca\/index.php\/cws\/article\/view\/6419\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/cws.journals.yorku.ca\/index.php\/cws\/article\/view\/6419<\/a>, accessed 1 January 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Langevin, Louise and Marie-Claire Belleau.\u00a0 2000.\u00a0 &#8220;&#8216;Mail-Order Brides&#8217; in Canadian Law.&#8221; In<em> Trafficking in Women in Canada: A Critical Analysis of the Legal Framework Governing Immigrant Live-in Caregivers and Mail-Order Brides<\/em>. Ottawa, ON: Status of Women Canada Publication.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/publications.gc.ca\/collections\/Collection\/SW21-83-2001E.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/publications.gc.ca\/collections\/Collection\/SW21-83-2001E.pdf<\/a>, accessed 19 November 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Philippine Women Centre of BC.\u00a0 2000.\u00a0 <em>Canada: The New Frontier for Filipino Mail-Order Brides<\/em>. Ottawa, ON: Status of Women Canada Publication.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/publications.gc.ca\/collections\/Collection\/SW21-62-2000E.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/publications.gc.ca\/collections\/Collection\/SW21-62-2000E.pdf<\/a>, accessed 19 November 2018.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><em>Created 2004-02-06; last updated<\/em> 2023-01-01<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE PLACE \u00a0The Phillipines \u00a0British Columbia: Greenwood, Prince George, Quesnel, and Vancouver Island THE PEOPLE \u00a0Gertrude &amp; Rick \u00a0Helen &amp; Chris \u00a0Bascel &amp; Linden \u00a0Emma &amp; Stan Questions to think about while viewing Say I Do: What role does technology and globalization play in the mail-order bride industry? 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