Overview
- Charts the rise of the ritualistic engagement, the modern white wedding, and the honeymoon holiday
- Shows changes and continuities in English masculinity by considering power relations between men and women
- Reveals the power relations between bride and groom, and between different generations
Part of the book series: Genders and Sexualities in History (GSX)
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Book Title: Men Getting Married in England, 1918–60
Book Subtitle: Consent, Celebration, Consummation
Authors: Neil Penlington
Series Title: Genders and Sexualities in History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27405-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-27404-6Published: 01 April 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-27407-7Published: 02 April 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-27405-3Published: 31 March 2023
Series ISSN: 2730-9479
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9487
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 239
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: History, general, History of Britain and Ireland, Social History