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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2026

Elena Barabantseva
Elena Barabantseva
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University of Manchester

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Post-Soviet Brides in the China Dream
Migration, Marriage, and Geopolitics Across Borders
 , pp. v - vi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2026
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Contents

  1. List of Figures

  2. Acknowledgements

  3. Introduction: In Search of the ‘Russian Brides’ Village

    1. I.1The China Dream: Between the Hyperreal Constructions and Lived Realities

    2. I.2Marriage Migration, Development and Racial Hierarchies

    3. I.3Chinese–Slavic Marriages and the Global Racial Order

    4. I.4Intimate and Embodied Geopolitics

    5. I.5Methodological Reflections

    6. I.6Chapter Outline

  4. 1Marriages with Foreigners, National Security and Slavic Wives

    1. 1.1Regulating Foreign Lives in China

    2. 1.2Governing Chinese–Foreign Marriages

    3. 1.3National Security and the Emergence of the ‘Russian Wife’

    4. 1.4Gender, Sexuality and Race in China’s National Revival

  5. 2Chinese–Slavic Romance in Chinese Screen Culture

    1. 2.1Televised Portraits of Chinese–Slavic Romance

    2. 2.2Post-Soviet Slavic Femininities and Chinese Masculinities

    3. 2.3Politics and Intimacy

    4. 2.4Dynamic China, Stagnant Russia

    5. 2.5Desperate Women from the Former Soviet Union Seeking to Better Themselves in China

    6. 2.6Changing Family Mores

    7. 2.7Competing Femininities

    8. 2.8Chinese–Slavic Intimacies in the Age of China–Russia Strategic Partnership

  6. 3Journeys of Escape: The Value of Slavic Female Bodies and the Trap of Marriage

    1. 3.1In Search of Self-Fulfilment

    2. 3.2Encountering Chinese Marriage Norms

    3. 3.3Deciding Where to Settle

    4. 3.4To Marry for a Legal Stay

    5. 3.5Conclusion

  7. 4Navigating Racial Patriarchy

    1. 4.1‘Women Marry because They Feel Useless Otherwise’

    2. 4.2Negotiating Bride Price

    3. 4.3Losing the Sense of Self-Fulfilment

    4. 4.4Encountering the ‘Second Wife’ Status

    5. 4.5Redefining Agency

    6. 4.6Conclusion

  8. 5Eurasian Children, Embodied Geopolitics and Citizenship Contestations

    1. 5.1The Embodied Geopolitics of Childbirth

    2. 5.2‘When You Want Peace, Prepare for War’

    3. 5.3The Role of Multigenerational Households in Children’s Citizenship

    4. 5.4Stories of Conflict and Escape

    5. 5.5Negotiating Social Acceptance and Belonging

    6. 5.6Conclusion

  9. 6Belonging and Othering in Digital China

    1. 6.1Introduction

    2. 6.2The Value of a Slavic Wife in China

    3. 6.3Denigrating Chinese Women

    4. 6.4‘Why Do You Need Hukou?’

    5. 6.5The Multilayered Chinese Border Regime

    6. 6.6Stories of Resistance and Survival

    7. 6.7Conclusion

  10. 7Hyperreal Marriages and the Chinese Male Gaze at the Chinese–Russian Border

    1. 7.1Nation, Marriage and White Female Bodies

    2. 7.2Under the Male Gaze

    3. 7.3In between Gazing and Being Gazed at

    4. 7.4Hyperreal Illusion

  11. 8Conclusion

  12. Appendix:List of Interviews

  13. Bibliography

  14. Index

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  • Book: Post-Soviet Brides in the China Dream
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