| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (x, 288 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-279) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Lifting the veil -- 2. The wedding-industrial complex -- 3. Romancing the clone : the white wedding -- 4. McBride meets McDreamy : television weddings, the Internet, and popular film -- 5. And they lived happily ever after ... |
| Summary |
This is a groundbreaking study of our culture's obsession with weddings. By examining popular films, commercials, magazines, advertising, television sitcoms and even children's toys, this book shows the pervasive influence of weddings in our culture and the important role they play in maintaining the romance of heterosexuality, the myth of white supremacy and the insatiable appetite of consumer capitalism.€ It examines how the economics and marketing of weddings have replaced the religious and moral view of marriage. This second edition includes many new and updated features including: fu. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Marriage -- United States.
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Marriage. |
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United States. |
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Weddings -- United States.
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Weddings. |
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Weddings in popular culture -- United States.
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Weddings in popular culture. |
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Heterosexuality -- United States.
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Heterosexuality. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Marriage. |
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Heterosexuality. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Ingraham, Chrys, 1947- White weddings. 2nd ed. New York : Routledge, 2008 9780415951944 (DLC) 2007033793 (OCoLC)164803878 |
| ISBN |
9780203931028 (electronic book) |
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0203931025 (electronic book) |
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9781135928575 (e-book) |
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1135928576 |
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9780415951944 |
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0415951941 |
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9780415951333 (paperback) |
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041595133X (paperback) |
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