Cinderella Dreams
Subtitle: The Allure of the Lavish Wedding (Life Passages, 2)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: October 17, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 399
ISBN-13: 9780520240087
Subjects: Customs; Gender Studies; Social & cultural anthropology; Weddings; Sociology - General; Social Science; Sociology; North America; USA; Customs & Traditions; Social Science / Sociology / General; Anthropology - General; Women's Studies - General
First sentence: On June 22, 2001, millions of viewers watched Good Morning America as retired firefighter and cancer survivor Lorenzo Abundiz married Peggy Beeuwsaert in the middle of New York City's Times Square.
Description: 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.