ISBN:
0520236610
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0520240081
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0520937503
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1282359789
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1417508353
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1597345393
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9780520236615
,
9780520240087
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9780520937505
,
9781282359789
,
9781417508358
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9781597345392
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xv, 384 p.)
Series Statement:
Life passages
DDC:
395.2/2
Keywords:
REFERENCE / Weddings
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
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Consumer behavior
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Popular culture
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Weddings
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Noces
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Noces dans la culture populaire
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Consommateurs / Comportement
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Bruiloft
;
Populaire cultuur
;
Consumentengedrag
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Weddings
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Weddings in popular culture
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Consumer behavior
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Hochzeit
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Hochzeit
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-363) and index
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Romance, magic, memory, and perfection -- The rise of the lavish wedding -- The engagement complex -- The rituals of wedding shopping -- The wedding weekend -- From the cabin to Cancun -- Hollywood hosts a wedding -- The lavish wedding goes global -- Variations on a theme -- Luxury, lavishness, and love
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A lavish wedding marries two of the most sacred tenets of American culture - romantic love and excessive consumption. This work offers a look at the historical, social and psychological strains that come together to make it the most important cultural ritual in contemporary consumer culture
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