ISBN:
9780520937505
,
0520937503
,
1417508353
,
9781417508358
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xv, 384 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Life passages
Parallel Title:
Print version Cinderella dreams
DDC:
395.22
Keywords:
Weddings in popular culture
;
Weddings
;
Consumer behavior
;
Weddings
;
Weddings in popular culture
;
Consumer behavior
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
Consumer behavior
;
Weddings in popular culture
;
Weddings
;
Bruiloft
;
Populaire cultuur
;
Consumentengedrag
;
REFERENCE ; Weddings
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Romance, magic, memory, and perfectionThe 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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-363) and index. - Description based on print version record
