Todd L. Sandel (PhD, University of Illinois) is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Macau. A Fulbright Scholar, he is past Chair of the LSI Division of the National Communication Association, and President of the Association for Chinese Communication Studies.

• Contents: The «Advertized» Foreign Bride: A Semiotic and Discourse Analysis – Historical and contemporary marriage arrangements – What It Means to Be a «Foreign Spouse»: Gendered Understandings – Educating the «Foreign Spouse» and Her Children – The End of Brokered Marriage?

«From the first line, ‘I bought a bride,’ onward, this book provides a richly detailed and fascinating look at ‘cross-border marriages.’ Sandel’s attention to folk knowledge and cultural ways of speaking, and how these are tied to gender and control give needed perspective and deep insight into this cross-border and global phenomenon. Readers will be richly rewarded not only with cultural understanding but with theoretical insights as well.»(Donal Carbaugh, University of Massachusetts Amherst)«Sandel’s study of cross-border marriages examines intercultural encounters at their most intimate, inside the family. In addition to his fluency in Mandarin Chinese, competence in Taiwanese, and decades of experience building strong networks in Taiwan, being himself a foreign spouse has given Sandel uncommon access. At different points in the analysis, Sandel treats communication as semiotic, socially constructed, culturally situated, or critical, thus also serving as a resource across multiple theoretical traditions.» (Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz, University of Wisconsin-Parkside)

Todd L. Sandel (PhD, University of Illinois) is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Macau. A Fulbright Scholar, he is past Chair of the LSI Division of the National Communication Association, and President of the Association for Chinese Communication Studies.

• Contents: The «Advertized» Foreign Bride: A Semiotic and Discourse Analysis – Historical and contemporary marriage arrangements – What It Means to Be a «Foreign Spouse»: Gendered Understandings – Educating the «Foreign Spouse» and Her Children – The End of Brokered Marriage?

«From the first line, ‘I bought a bride,’ onward, this book provides a richly detailed and fascinating look at ‘cross-border marriages.’ Sandel’s attention to folk knowledge and cultural ways of speaking, and how these are tied to gender and control give needed perspective and deep insight into this cross-border and global phenomenon. Readers will be richly rewarded not only with cultural understanding but with theoretical insights as well.»(Donal Carbaugh, University of Massachusetts Amherst)«Sandel’s study of cross-border marriages examines intercultural encounters at their most intimate, inside the family. In addition to his fluency in Mandarin Chinese, competence in Taiwanese, and decades of experience building strong networks in Taiwan, being himself a foreign spouse has given Sandel uncommon access. At different points in the analysis, Sandel treats communication as semiotic, socially constructed, culturally situated, or critical, thus also serving as a resource across multiple theoretical traditions.» (Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz, University of Wisconsin-Parkside)

Todd L. Sandel (PhD, University of Illinois) is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Macau. A Fulbright Scholar, he is past Chair of the LSI Division of the National Communication Association, and President of the Association for Chinese Communication Studies.

• Contents: The «Advertized» Foreign Bride: A Semiotic and Discourse Analysis – Historical and contemporary marriage arrangements – What It Means to Be a «Foreign Spouse»: Gendered Understandings – Educating the «Foreign Spouse» and Her Children – The End of Brokered Marriage?

«From the first line, ‘I bought a bride,’ onward, this book provides a richly detailed and fascinating look at ‘cross-border marriages.’ Sandel’s attention to folk knowledge and cultural ways of speaking, and how these are tied to gender and control give needed perspective and deep insight into this cross-border and global phenomenon. Readers will be richly rewarded not only with cultural understanding but with theoretical insights as well.»(Donal Carbaugh, University of Massachusetts Amherst)«Sandel’s study of cross-border marriages examines intercultural encounters at their most intimate, inside the family. In addition to his fluency in Mandarin Chinese, competence in Taiwanese, and decades of experience building strong networks in Taiwan, being himself a foreign spouse has given Sandel uncommon access. At different points in the analysis, Sandel treats communication as semiotic, socially constructed, culturally situated, or critical, thus also serving as a resource across multiple theoretical traditions.» (Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz, University of Wisconsin-Parkside)