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BL
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945649
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b700019
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| Main Entry
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Otnes, Cele.
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| Title & Author
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Cinderella dreams : : the allure of the lavish wedding /\ Cele C. Otnes, Elizabeth H. Pleck.
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| Publication Statement
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Berkeley :: University of California Press,, ©2003.
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| Series Statement
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Life passages
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1 online resource (xv, 384 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0520937503
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: 1282359789
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: 6612359781
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: 9780520937505
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: 9781282359789
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: 9781417508358
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: 9781597345392
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: 9786612359781
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0520236610
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0520240081
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9780520236615
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9780520240087
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-363) and index.
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| Contents
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Romance, magic, memory, and perfection -- The rise of the lavish wedding -- The engagement complex -- The rituals of wedding shopping -- The wedding weekend -- From the cabin to Cancun -- Hollywood hosts a wedding -- The lavish wedding goes global -- Variations on a theme -- Luxury, lavishness, and love.
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| Abstract
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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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Consumer behavior.
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Weddings in popular culture.
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Weddings.
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Consommateurs-- Comportement.
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Noces dans la culture populaire.
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Noces.
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Consumer behavior.
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REFERENCE-- Weddings.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
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Weddings in popular culture.
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Weddings.
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Bruiloft.
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Consumentengedrag.
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Populaire cultuur.
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| Dewey Classification
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395.2/2
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| LC Classification
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HQ745.O7 2003eb
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71.50bcl
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71.50.bcl
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| Added Entry
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Pleck, Elizabeth H., (Elizabeth Hafkin),1945-
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