Here is a paragraph about my contribution to the book written by Natalia Miteva in Journal of Sex Research, May, 2006:

"Between Mail-Order Brides and Turbo-Folk Women: Eastern Europe's Sexualities in Transition" by Natalia Miteva

"Among the most compelling chapters in the book are those on the mail-order brides and the turbo-folk women. In the chapter on Russian mail-order brides, Tatiana Osipovich describes a specific phenomenon of the post-communist Russian reality--a form of sex trafficking made possible by the widespread use of the internet. Feeding off the large demand for foreign brides, numerous matchmaking agencies flourished during the 1990s, not unlike in previous decades when Asian and Latino brides were the fashion. In the ads, Russian brides were advertised to American men as educated, beautiful, and submissive, happy to be sex objects, yet exceedingly fond of traditional family values. The image of the post-Soviet woman was contrasted to the contemporary American woman, who was dominant, career-oriented, selfish, and materialistic. Osipovich looks at the U.S. public discourse on Russian mail-order brides and criticizes the media for making it appear as if sexual abuse and domestic violence are problems only of the "others"--the foreign brides--and not of "women in developed and progressive societies, such as the United States."

You can find the whole review at: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2372/is_2_43/ai_n26891372