ISBN:
0520930037
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1597346209
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9780520930032
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9781597346207
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 297 p.)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
338.4/73925/0951249
Keywords:
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Service
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
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Bridal shops
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Wedding photography
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Wedding supplies and services industry
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Weddings / Equipment and supplies
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Industrie
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Wirtschaft
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Wedding supplies and services industry
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Weddings Equipment and supplies
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Bridal shops
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Wedding photography
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Framings -- How can this be? ethnographic contexts and history -- Fantasy for sale -- Inner and outer worlds in changing Taipei -- Family wedding rites and banquets -- Making up the bride -- Romance in the photo studio -- Contextualizing bridal photos in Taiwan's visual culture -- The context of looking -- Conclusion : re-framings
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With a wedding impending, the Taiwanese bride-to-be turns to bridal photographers, makeup artists, and hair stylists to transform her image beyond recognition. They give her fairer skin, eyes like a Western baby doll, and gowns inspired by sources from Victorian England to MTV.
