All Dressed in White: The Irresistible Rise of the American Wedding
Books / Paperback
ISBN: 014200216X / Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS, March 2004
Explores the social history of the American wedding, from the discreet private ceremony of the past to the elaborate public event of the present, discussing the influence of such factors as wealth, class, gender, and the rise of popular media on the changing world of the marriage ceremony. Original. 35,000 first printing.
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Everybody loves a wedding, and in All Dressed in White, Carol McD. Wallace celebrates the delicious history and the eternal allure of our favorite rite of passage. In the past 150 years the wedding has gone from discreet private ceremony to elaborate public event, yet the fundamentals remain the same - weddings are the only social events in America where matters of money, sex, and class are brought to the fore. The growth of the middle class and the development of the popular media play a role in Wallace's tale, as does the eternal vision of The White Dress in its metamorphosis from gown to costume.
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