Alexia Bloch is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia. She is the author of Red Ties and Residential Schools and The Museum at the End of the World.

These estimable monographs on postsocialist space reflect upon the plight of families as they seek ethical and economic identities and develop care-giving practices and strategies in landscapes haunted by globalization.(Slavic Review) Sex, Love, and Migration makes a significant contribution to the anthropologies of postsocialism, migration, and gendered labor. Using the concepts of affect, emotional labor, and structures of feeling, Alexia Bloch skillfully and engagingly guides readers through many of the positionalities comprising multinational and multigenerational networks of migrant women and those they leave behind.(American Ethnologist) Captivatingly written and rich with thick descriptions that virtually transport the reader to the featured locations and people, Sex, Love, and Migration makes an impressive contribution to the scholarship on gender and transnational migration in postsocialist societies.(REGION)

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsNote on Transliteration and TranslationPart 1Introduction1. Magnificent Centuries and Economies of DesirePart 22. Gender, Labor, and Emotion in a Global Economy3. "We Are Like Slaves—Who Needs Capitalism?"Part 34. Strategic Intimacy, "Real Love," and Marriage5. Intimate Currencies6. "Other Mothers," Grandmothers, and the StateConclusionAppendixBibliography

Alexia Bloch is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia. She is the author of Red Ties and Residential Schools and The Museum at the End of the World.

These estimable monographs on postsocialist space reflect upon the plight of families as they seek ethical and economic identities and develop care-giving practices and strategies in landscapes haunted by globalization.(Slavic Review) Sex, Love, and Migration makes a significant contribution to the anthropologies of postsocialism, migration, and gendered labor. Using the concepts of affect, emotional labor, and structures of feeling, Alexia Bloch skillfully and engagingly guides readers through many of the positionalities comprising multinational and multigenerational networks of migrant women and those they leave behind.(American Ethnologist) Captivatingly written and rich with thick descriptions that virtually transport the reader to the featured locations and people, Sex, Love, and Migration makes an impressive contribution to the scholarship on gender and transnational migration in postsocialist societies.(REGION)

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsNote on Transliteration and TranslationPart 1Introduction1. Magnificent Centuries and Economies of DesirePart 22. Gender, Labor, and Emotion in a Global Economy3. "We Are Like Slaves—Who Needs Capitalism?"Part 34. Strategic Intimacy, "Real Love," and Marriage5. Intimate Currencies6. "Other Mothers," Grandmothers, and the StateConclusionAppendixBibliography

Alexia Bloch is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia. She is the author of Red Ties and Residential Schools and The Museum at the End of the World.

These estimable monographs on postsocialist space reflect upon the plight of families as they seek ethical and economic identities and develop care-giving practices and strategies in landscapes haunted by globalization.(Slavic Review) Sex, Love, and Migration makes a significant contribution to the anthropologies of postsocialism, migration, and gendered labor. Using the concepts of affect, emotional labor, and structures of feeling, Alexia Bloch skillfully and engagingly guides readers through many of the positionalities comprising multinational and multigenerational networks of migrant women and those they leave behind.(American Ethnologist) Captivatingly written and rich with thick descriptions that virtually transport the reader to the featured locations and people, Sex, Love, and Migration makes an impressive contribution to the scholarship on gender and transnational migration in postsocialist societies.(REGION)

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsNote on Transliteration and TranslationPart 1Introduction1. Magnificent Centuries and Economies of DesirePart 22. Gender, Labor, and Emotion in a Global Economy3. "We Are Like Slaves—Who Needs Capitalism?"Part 34. Strategic Intimacy, "Real Love," and Marriage5. Intimate Currencies6. "Other Mothers," Grandmothers, and the StateConclusionAppendixBibliography