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It's Our Day: America's Love Affair with the White Wedding, 1945-2005
Katherine Jellison
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Katherine Jellison gives us a comprehensive cultural history of American weddings since World War II, examining the development of our precise and expensive standards for celebrating weddings and the staying power of this phenomenon in the face of enormous social, political, and economic upheaval. Jellison examines the ways the bridal business, the media, and consumers responded to new norms that expanded the notions of who was an appropriate white-wedding bride. She particularly examines the key influences that have sustained this cultural phenomenon for sixty years—the bridal-wear industry, celebrity weddings, movie weddings, and media coverage of the weddings-next-door—to show that the white wedding has become a unifying experience that crosses gender, class, and racial lines.
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Cover Page
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Title Page
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Copyright Page
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Dedication
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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Chapter 1. The Best of Everything: The White Wedding in American Culture, 1945–2005
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Chapter 2. Look Like a Princess: The Wedding Gown
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Chapter 3. Like a Royal Wedding: The Celebrity Wedding
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Chapter 4. Watching Cinderella on Video: The Movie Wedding
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Chapter 5. Addicted to the Show: The Reality Wedding
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Epilogue
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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Published: 2008
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
- 978-0-7006-1559-9 (hardcover)