Cinderella dreams : the allure of the lavish wedding /
A lavish wedding marries two of the most sacred tenets of American culture - romantic love and excessive consumption. This work offers a look at the historical, social and psychological strains that come together to make it the most important cultural ritual in contemporary consumer culture.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2003.
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| Series: | Life passages.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
| Summary: | A lavish wedding marries two of the most sacred tenets of American culture - romantic love and excessive consumption. This work offers a look at the historical, social and psychological strains that come together to make it the most important cultural ritual in contemporary consumer culture. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 384 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-363) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520937505 0520937503 1417508353 9781417508358 1597345393 9781597345392 1282359789 9781282359789 9786612359781 6612359781 |