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.
- ISBN10 0520236610
- ISBN13 9780520236615
- Publish Date 17 October 2003 (first published 1 January 2003)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 June 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of California Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 399
- Language English