Cinderella dreams : the allure of the lavish wedding /
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.
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2003.
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Series: | Life passages.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.