Introduction : Marriage and migration in an age of globalization / Nicola Piper and Mina Roces -- Filipinas in Canada--de-skilling as a push toward marriage / Deirdre McKay -- Does marriage "liberate" women from sex work? Thai women in Germany / Prapairat R. Mix and Nicola Piper -- Sisterhood is local : Filipino women in Mount Isa / Mina Roces -- Gender, marriage, and skilled migration : the case of Singaporeans in China / Katie Willis and Brenda Yeoh -- Reflections on transnational life-course and migratory patterns of middle-class women--preliminary observations from Malaysia / Michelle Lee and Nicola Piper -- Migrating for the children : Taiwanese American women in transnational families / Maria W.L. Chee -- Wife, mother, and maid : the triple role of Filipino domestic workers in Spain and Italy / Rogelia Pe-Pua -- International marriage through introduction agencies : social and legal realities of "Asian" wives of Japanese men / Tomoko Nakamatsu.