ISBN:
0203931025
,
9780203931028
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 288 p)
Edition:
2nd ed
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Ingraham, Chrys, 1947- White weddings
DDC:
306.810973
Keywords:
Weddings in popular culture
;
Heterosexuality
;
Weddings
;
Marriage
;
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Marriage
;
Heterosexuality
;
Marriage
;
Weddings in popular culture
;
Weddings
;
United States
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
1. Lifting the veil -- 2. The wedding-industrial complex -- 3. Romancing the clone : the white wedding -- 4. McBride meets McDreamy : television weddings, the Internet, and popular film -- 5. And they lived happily ever after
Abstract:
This is a groundbreaking study of our culture's obsession with weddings. By examining popular films, commercials, magazines, advertising, television sitcoms and even children's toys, this book shows the pervasive influence of weddings in our culture and the important role they play in maintaining the romance of heterosexuality, the myth of white supremacy and the insatiable appetite of consumer capitalism.€ It examines how the economics and marketing of weddings have replaced the religious and moral view of marriage. This second edition includes many new and updated features including: fu
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-279) and index
