White Weddings
White Weddings by Chrys Ingraham is a comprehensive study published by Taylor & Francis in 2008, consisting of 288 pages in English. This book explores the cultural obsession with weddings, analyzing their representation in popular films, commercials, magazines, and television sitcoms. It highlights the significant role weddings play in shaping societal views on heterosexuality, white supremacy, and consumer capitalism, while also addressing how the commercialization of weddings has shifted perceptions of marriage away from traditional religious and moral frameworks.
In this second edition, readers will find updated insights into the wedding industrial complex, including discussions on gay marriage and its connections to traditional wedding norms. The book delves into demographic changes regarding marriage trends, both nationally and internationally, providing a critical examination of how these factors influence contemporary wedding practices. Through its exploration of social science and popular culture, White Weddings offers a thought-provoking perspective on the multifaceted implications of weddings in modern society.
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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: full coverage of the wedding industrial complex; gay marriage and its relationship to white weddings and heterosexuality and demographics shifts as to who is marrying whom and why, nationally and internationally.
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