An attractive Brazilian wife or your money back: an analysis of introduction agencies specialized in uniting Brazilian women to German men

Author(s)

Thais Henriques Tiriba

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD)
• Defense date: 2016-12-08

Examining board members

Laura Moutinho da Silva; Thaddeus Gregory Blanchette; Adriana Gracia Piscitelli

• Advisor: Laura Moutinho da Silva

Abstract

This dissertation aims to scrutinize the values attributed to affectivesexual relationships that are established through the mediation of dating websites and introduction agencies between men from the socalled \"first world\" and women from the socalled \"third world\". In particular, relationships between German men and Brazilian women. Taking in consideration the historical and social dynamics that make such relationships not only possible, but also desirable, I aim to shed light into how such dynamics are implicated in the production and reproduction of desire and of intimate interactions, as well as how such dynamics mobilize notions of race and sexuality. Furthermore, I seek to find the place occupied by Brazilian women in the market of international marriage flows and marriage agencies. I also investigate the personal motivations of individuals who make usage of these tools to find a suitable partner and question how wider power, gender, race and nationality inequalities are thought through in the processes of establishing these relationships. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 14/11322-1 - An attractive Brazilian wife or your money back: an analysis of introduction agencies specialized in uniting Brazilian women to German men
• Grantee: Thais Henriques Tiriba
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master