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Here comes the bride : women, weddings, and the marriage mystique / Jaclyn Geller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Geller, Jaclyn.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Weddings--United States--Planning.
- Weddings.
- Brides.
- Psychological aspects.
- United States.
- Planning.
- Weddings--United States--Psychological aspects.
- Marriage customs and rites--United States.
- Marriage customs and rites.
- Brides--United States--Attitudes.
- Courtship--United States.
- Courtship.
- Mate selection--United States.
- Mate selection.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 428 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Four Walls Eight Windows, [2001]
- Summary:
- In a long-overdue expos of one of the world's most prevalent ceremonies, Geller gives a critical analysis of weddings from a feminist perspective and calls into question some of the deepest-held beliefs about this tradition.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Courtship and the Marriage Quest 15
- Chapter 2 "Will You Marry Me?" The Proposal Scene in the Contemporary Imagination 73
- Chapter 3 Spreading the Word: The Betrothal Announcement as a Cultural Script 103
- Chapter 4 "We Request the Pleasure of Your Company" The Crisis in Contemporary Wedding Invitations 131
- Chapter 5 The Politics of Marital Entitlement 151
- Chapter 6 Prewedding Charades: The Bridal Shower and the Bachelor Party 175
- Chapter 7 An Angel in White: The Wedding Dress 213
- Chapter 8 "I Do" The Contemporary Wedding Ceremony 255
- Chapter 9 Aesthetics and Politics of the Wedding Day 295
- Chapter 10 Institutionalized Eroticism: The Honeymoon 337.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-415) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1568581939
- OCLC:
- 45861846
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