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Framing the bride : globalizing beauty and romance in Taiwan's bridal industry / Bonnie Adrian.
LIBRA HD9999.W373 T283 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adrian, Bonnie, 1970-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wedding supplies and services industry--Taiwan.
- Wedding supplies and services industry.
- Weddings--Taiwan--Equipment and supplies.
- Weddings.
- Bridal shops--Taiwan.
- Bridal shops.
- Wedding photography--Taiwan.
- Wedding photography.
- Equipment and supplies.
- Taiwan.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 297 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- A fascinating study of Taiwan's bridal industry. The norm in Taiwan has become extravagant Western-style weddings and lavish photos where bride and groom look like anything but themselves, and where certainlfamily members are air brushed out. The book speaks to larger issues involving the importation of Western culture and its commodification.
- Contents:
- 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
- Photographic romance
- Visualizations
- The context of looking
- Re-framings.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-286) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520238338
- 0520238346
- OCLC:
- 50982345
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