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100 1  Fielding, William J.|q(William John),|d1886-1973.|0https:/
       /id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93060790 
245 10 Strange customs of courtship and marriage. /|cBy William 
       J. Fielding. 
264  1 Philadelphia :|bBlakiston Co.,|c[1942] 
264  4 |c[©1942] 
300    x, 322 pages ;|c21 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
505 00 Introduction: -- The Far-reaching Import of Courship -- A 
       Definition of Marriage -- Origin of the Word "Wedding" -- 
       The Antiquity of Marriage -- The Trend to Monogamy -- The 
       Marriage Ceremonial -- Marriage as a. Sacrament -- Chapter
       I. Courious Mating Customs: -- A Brother-in-law COmplex --
       The Couvade -- Dowry Earned by Prositution -- Artificial 
       Defloration of Marriageable Girls -- The Match-maker -- 
       II. Modern Survivals of Ancient Customs: -- Echoes from 
       the Past -- Tokens of Engagement -- The Diamond Ring -- 
       The Wedding Ring -- The RIng Finger -- Bridal Customs -- 
       The Bridal Veil -- The Bridesmaids -- The Bridgegroom and 
       His Traditions -- Miscellaneous Wedding Customs -- Bridal 
       Flowers -- The Symbolism of Rice -- Throwing the Shoe -- 
       The Wedding Canopy -- Gifts in Courship and Marriage -- 
       Wedding superstitions that Linger -- The Wdding Cake -- 
       The Honeymoon -- The Shivaree -- Wedding Anniversaries -- 
       III. Kissing Customs: -- Origin of the Kiss -- A Pledge of
       Love -- The Kiss as a Sacred Pledge -- The Olfactory, or 
       Smell-Kiss -- The Love-Bite -- Kissing as a Pastime -- 
       Kissing by Correspondence -- IV. Bundling: -- A Quaint 
       Custom of Courship -- Tarrying -- Bundling in Other Lands 
       -- V. Primitive Marriage Practices: -- Promiscuity -- 
       Group Marriage -- The Consanguineous Family -- Custom of 
       Exchanging Wives -- Magical Significance of Rites -- 
       Licentiousness at Certain Feasts -- Tree Marriage -- 
       Circumcision as a Prerequisite of Marriage -- Suttee -- 
       The Purdah -- Family Life Among the Simians -- VI. 
       Primitive Religioius Marital Ideas: -- Marriage and the 
       Great Religions -- Marriage Among the Ancient Hebrews -- 
       Marriage Among the Hindu Cults -- Temple Prostitutio -- 
       The Levirate -- Primitive Christian View of Marriage -- 
       The Mohammedan Reaction to Asceticism -- VII. Marriage 
       Taboos: -- Meaning of the Sex Taboo -- Taboo on Women -- 
       Taboo of Childbed -- Evil Omen of the Stillborn -- The 
       Taboo of Incest -- Exogamy -- Endogamy -- Food Taboos -- 
       Taboo of Widow Marriage -- Deification of Woman -- 
       Dedication of Virgins to Divinties -- VIII. Chastity: -- 
       Chastity a Widely Esteemed Concept -- Modesty Considered a
       Consequence of Fear -- Modesty as Allurement -- The 
       Magical Virtue of Chastity -- Submitting Proof of 
       Virginity -- Masculine Chastity -- Girdles of Chastity -- 
       Infibulation to Insure Virginity -- White for Purity -- 
       IX. Child Marriage: -- Infant Betrothal -- Child Marriage 
       in India -- Antiquity of Child Marriage -- Child Marriage 
       in Europe -- The Tragedy of Infanticide -- X. Matriarchy, 
       or the Mother-Family: -- The matriarchate -- The maternal 
       Family-Matrilocal Marriage -- The Iroquois Matriarchate --
       Other Examples of the matriarchate -- Supremacy of the 
       Hemitic Women -- The Passing of the Age of Mother-Right --
       XI. Patriarchy, or the Father-Family: -- The Rise of 
       Patriarchal Rule -- Old Russia the Last Patriarchy -- 
       Patriarchy in Ancient Greece -- The Roman Patriarchy -- 
       The Paternal Power -- "Right of the First Night" -- 
       Passing of the Patriarchal Order -- XII. Multiple Marriage
       : -- Polygamy -- Polygyny -- Primitive Polygyny -- 
       Polygyny in Societies Favorable to Woman -- Sororate-The 
       Custom of Marrying Sisters -- Restrictions Regarding 
       Cousin-Marriages -- Sexual Communism -- Polyandry -- 
       Concubinage -- The Harem -- XIII. Marriage by Capture: -- 
       Taking WIfe by Force -- Marriage by Rape -- Captured Wife 
       an Evidence of Valor -- Mock Resistance as a Survival of 
       Marriage by Capture -- XIV. Marriage by Purchase: -- 
       Marriage by Consideration -- Paying the Bride-Price on the
       Installment Plan -- Marriage by Exchange -- Marriage by 
       Service -- Bride-Price Payable to the Bride -- The Morning
       Gift -- The Dowry -- XV. Trial Marriage: -- Ancient Forms 
       of Trial Marriage -- Trial Marriage Among Primitives -- 
       Trial Marriage in Europe -- The Custom of Trial Nights -- 
       Handfasting a Scottish Practice -- Companionate Marriage -
       - XVI. Terminus of Marriage: -- Antiquity of Divorce -- 
       Divorce Among Primitives -- Divorce Among the Mohammedans 
       -- Divorce in Ancient Civilization -- Divorce in the 
       Middle Age -- Divorce Laws in England -- The Trend of 
       Liberal Divorce Legislation -- XVII. Romantic Marriage: --
       Love Enters Marriage -- Early Love Stories Belonged to 
       Folklore -- The Development of Conjugal Affection 
650  0 Marriage customs and rites.|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/subjects/sh85081468 
650  0 Courtship.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/
       sh85033596 
650  7 Marriage customs and rites.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org
       /fast/1010592 
650  7 Courtship.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/881873 
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