Wedding as Text [[electronic resource] ] : Communicating Cultural Identities Through Ritual

• Autore: Leeds-Hurwitz Wendy
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (324 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.845; 392.5/0973
• Soggetto topico: Intercultural communication; Interethnic marriage - United States; Interethnic marriages; Marriage customs and rites; Marriage customs and rites - United States; Semiotics; Manners & Customs; Anthropology; Social Sciences
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): Leeds-HurwitzWendy
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Interlude 1; 1 Introduction; Interlude 2; 2 Community; Interlude 3; 3 Ritual; Interlude 4; 4 Identity; Interlude 5; 5 Meaning; Interlude 6; 6 Conclusion; Theoretical Appendix; Methodological Appendix; References; Author Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: A wedding serves as the beginning marker of a marriage; if a couple is to manage cultural differences throughout their relationship, they must first pass the hurdle of designing a wedding ceremony that accommodates those differences. In this volume, author Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz documents the weddings of 112 couples from across the United States, studied over a 10-year period. She focuses on intercultural weddings--interracial, interethnic, interfaith, international, and interclass--looking at how real people are coping with cultural differences in their lives. Through detailed case stu
• Titolo autorizzato: Wedding as Text
• ISBN: 1-135-69421-4; 1-282-59624-1; 9786612596247; 1-4106-0632-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450731203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Communication Series