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ISBN10: 0520240081, ISBN13: 9780520240087, [publisher: University of California Press] Softcover New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.3 [LOS ANGELES, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003]
Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Univ of California Press, Date: 2003. Book. Very Good Minus. Soft cover. Large, light crease to cover corner. Spine is tight; pgs are unmarked. Nice, sturdy copy. The fabulous gown, the multitiered cake, abundant flowers, attendants and guests in their finery. The white wedding does more than mark a life passage. It marries two of the most sacred tenets of American culture - romantic love and excessive consumption. For anyone who has ever wondered about the meanings behind a white dress, a diamond ring, rice, and traditions such as cake cutting, bouquet tossing, and honeymooning, this book offers an entertaining and enlightening look at the historical, social, and psychological strains that come together to make the lavish wedding the most important cultural ritual in contemporary consumer culture. With an emphasis on North American society, Cele C. Otnes and Elizabeth H. Pleck show how the elaborate wedding means far more than a mere triumph for the bridal industry. Through interviews, media accounts, and wide-ranging research and analysis, they expose the wedding's reflection - or reproduction - of fundamental aspects of popular consumer culture: its link with romantic love, its promise of magical transformation, its engendering of memories, and its legitimization of consumption as an expression of perfection. As meaningful as any prospective bride might wish, the lavish wedding emerges here as a lens that at once reveals, magnifies, and ...
Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A. Univ of California Press 2003 Soft cover Very Good Minus Book Large, light crease to cover corner. Spine is tight; pgs are unmarked. Nice, sturdy copy. The fabulous gown, the multitiered cake, abundant flowers, attendants and guests in their finery. The white wedding does more than mark a life passage. It marries two of the most sacred tenets of American culture-romantic love and excessive consumption. For anyone who has ever wondered about the meanings behind a white dress, a diamond ring, rice, and traditions such as cake cutting, bouquet tossing, and honeymooning, this book offers an entertaining and enlightening look at the historical, social, and psychological strains that come together to make the lavish wedding the most important cultural ritual in contemporary consumer culture. With an emphasis on North American society, Cele C. Otnes and Elizabeth H. Pleck show how the elaborate wedding means far more than a mere triumph for the bridal industry. Through interviews, media accounts, and wide-ranging research and analysis, they expose the wedding's reflection-or reproduction-of fundamental aspects of popular consumer culture: its link with romantic love, its promise of magical transformation, its engendering of memories, and its legitimization of consumption as an expression of perfection. As meaningful as any prospective bride might wish, the lavish wedding emerges here as a lens that at once reveals, magnifies, and reveres some of the ...
ISBN10: 0520240081, ISBN13: 9780520240087, [publisher: Univ of California Press, Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.] Softcover Large, light crease to cover corner. Spine is tight; pgs are unmarked. Nice, sturdy copy. The fabulous gown, the multitiered cake, abundant flowers, attendants and guests in their finery. The white wedding does more than mark a life passage. It marries two of the most sacred tenets of American culture - romantic love and excessive consumption. For anyone who has ever wondered about the meanings behind a white dress, a diamond ring, rice, and traditions such as cake cutting, bouquet tossing, and honeymooning, this book offers an entertaining and enlightening look at the historical, social, and psychological strains that come together to make the lavish wedding the most important cultural ritual in contemporary consumer culture. With an emphasis on North American society, Cele C. Otnes and Elizabeth H. Pleck show how the elaborate wedding means far more than a mere triumph for the bridal industry. Through interviews, media accounts, and wide-ranging research and analysis, they expose the wedding's reflection - or reproduction - of fundamental aspects of popular consumer culture: its link with romantic love, its promise of magical transformation, its engendering of memories, and its legitimization of consumption as an expression of perfection. As meaningful as any prospective bride might wish, the lavish wedding emerges here as a lens that at once ...
Berkeley Univ of California Pr 2003 Paperback Very Good A clean and sound copy. Careful packing and fast, efficient shipping including delivery confirmation. International Priority Air Mail shipping available for this item.
Berkeley: Univ of California Pr, Date: 2003. A clean and sound copy. Careful packing and fast, efficient shipping including delivery confirmation. International Priority Air Mail shipping available for this item. . Paperback. Very Good. 2003. Univ of California Pr ISBN 0520240081 9780520240087 [US]
ISBN10: 0520240081, ISBN13: 9780520240087, [publisher: Univ of California Pr, Berkeley] Softcover A clean and sound copy. Careful packing and fast, efficient shipping including delivery confirmation. International Priority Air Mail shipping available for this item. [Hyattsville, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003]
Berkeley: University of California Press, Date: 2003. 384pp. Index. Light wear.. Paperback. VG+. 2003. University of California Press ISBN 0520240081 9780520240087 [US]
Berkeley: Univ of California Pr, Date: 2003. 384pp. Corners lightly rubbed. Illus.; notes; biblio.; index. Signed & inscribed by author.. Paperback. VG+. 2003. Univ of California Pr ISBN 0520240081 9780520240087 [US]
ISBN10: 0520240081, ISBN13: 9780520240087, [publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley] Softcover Spine not creased. 230 x 150 mm. xvi, 384 pp. A study of the contemporary wedding as rite of passage, flight of fantasy, expression of romantic longing, and orgy of conspicuous consumption. B&w figures. Includes bibliographical references and index [Macclesfield, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2003]
University of California Press 2003 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 399 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Life Passages, 2.
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