Rites of marrying : the wedding industry in Scotland

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Rites of marrying : the wedding industry in Scotland

Simon R. Charsley

Manchester University Press , Distributed in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press, 1991

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注記

Bibliography: p. [217]-222

Includes index

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内容説明

An anthropological study of the cultural rites, rituals and customs of engagement and marriage as practised in Scotland. The study also discusses marriage in its social and cultural context, including anthropological perspectives of social class, religion, kinship and families and symbols.

目次

  • Part 1 Contexts of Scottish marrying: the legal framework
  • the churches in Scotland
  • christian marriage and Scottish liturgy. Part 2 Engagement: getting married
  • the engagement - rings, announcements and parties and presents
  • being engaged. Part 3 Learning the lore - planning and the wedding industry: the reception
  • the ceremony
  • and all the rest. Part 4 Casting, dressing and participation: the bride and her dress
  • the bridal party
  • the bridegroom and the males of the company
  • the mother of the bride and the female company
  • the guest list
  • seating for the meal
  • the experience. Part 5 Festivities before the day: the presents
  • the show of presents
  • taking out
  • stags and hens. Part 6 Wedding day 1 - the ceremony: services in the Church of Scotland
  • the Catholic nuptial mass
  • services for mixed marriages
  • music
  • innovation. Part 7 Wedding day 2 - framing the ceremony: the pattern
  • photography
  • in, through and out
  • scrambles
  • interpretation. Part 8 Wedding day 3 - the reception: the line-up
  • the cake and toasts
  • the meal
  • speeches
  • the dancing
  • singing
  • variation
  • favours and the bride's responsibilities
  • going away. Part 9 Familiar rites and anthropological interpretation marrying in the social and cultural context of Glasgow: kinship and families
  • social class
  • religion
  • cross-cultural prespectives
  • symbols and interpretation.

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