LEADER 03549nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910777507603321 005 20230829005335.0 010 $a1-280-94699-7 010 $a9786610946990 010 $a0-8135-3944-7 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813539447 035 $a(CKB)1000000000466577 035 $a(EBL)1021847 035 $a(OCoLC)76880811 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000248606 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11210077 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000248606 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10202376 035 $a(PQKB)11649032 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1021847 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23294 035 $a(DE-B1597)526092 035 $a(OCoLC)1100515133 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813539447 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1021847 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10146778 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL94699 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000466577 100 $a20050926d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSomething old, something bold$b[electronic resource] $ebridal showers and bachelorette parties /$fBeth Montemurro 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (242 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8135-3811-4 311 0 $a0-8135-3810-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 205-214) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. Introduction: Joining the Party --$t2. Origins of Bridal Showers and Bachelorette Parties --$t3. Something Old: Etiquette, Tradition, and Femininity at Bridal Showers --$t4. Something Borrowed and Blue: The Bachelorette Party --$t5. Something New: Consumption, Materialism, and Excess in Pre-wedding Rituals --$t6. Something Different: Variations in Pre-wedding Rituals --$t7. Conclusion: Bashful Brides and Bold Bachelorettes --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tIndex --$tAbout the Author 330 $aWeddings in the United States are often extravagant, highly ritualized, and costly affairs. In this book, Beth Montemurro takes a fresh look at the wedding process, offering a perspective not likely to be found in the many planning books and magazines readily available to the modern bride. Montemurro draws upon years of ethnographic research to explore what prenuptial events mean to women participants and what they tell us about the complexity and ambiguity of gender roles. Through the bachelorette party and the bridal shower, the bride-to-be is initiated into the role of wife by her friends and family, who present elaborate scenarios that demonstrate both what she is sacrificing and what she is gaining. Montemurro argues that American society at the turn of the twenty-first century is still married to traditional conceptions of masculinity and femininity and that prenuptial rituals contribute to the stabilization of gender inequalities 606 $aShowers (Parties)$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aBachelorette parties$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aMarriage customs and rites 615 0$aShowers (Parties)$xHistory. 615 0$aBachelorette parties$xHistory. 615 0$aMarriage customs and rites. 676 $a392.50973 700 $aMontemurro$b Beth$f1972-$01524641 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777507603321 996 $aSomething old, something bold$93765624 997 $aUNINA