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100 1  Montemurro, Beth,|d1972- 
245 10 Something old, something bold :|bbridal showers and 
       bachelorette parties /|cBeth Montemurro. 
264  1 New Brunswick, N.J. :|bRutgers University Press,|c[2006] 
264  4 |c©2006 
300    1 online resource (xiii, 224 pages) :|billustrations 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
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504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-214) and 
       index. 
505 0  Introduction: Joining the party -- Origins of bridal 
       showers and bachelorette parties -- Something old: 
       etiquette, tradition, and femininity at bridal showers -- 
       Something borrowed and blue: the bachelorette party -- 
       Something new: consumption, materialism, and excess in pre
       -wedding rituals -- Something different: variations in pre
       -wedding rituals -- Conclusion: Bashful brides and bold 
       bachelorettes. 
506    |3Use copy|fRestrictions unspecified|2star|5MiAaHDL 
520    "Contemporary weddings in the United States can be 
       extravagant, highly ritualized, and costly affairs. From 
       the intricate details of the wedding dress, to the 
       painstaking selection of flowers, to the festively-
       packaged favors offered to guests, they are often the 
       culmination of months of fastidious planning and 
       preparations. In "Something Old, Something Bold", 
       sociologist Beth Montemurro takes a fresh look at the 
       wedding process, offering a perspective not likely to be 
       found in the slew of planning books and magazines readily 
       available to the modern bride. Focusing on two events - 
       bachelorette parties and bridal showers - Montemurro draws
       upon years of ethnographic research and interviews to 
       explore what these prenuptial events mean to women 
       participants and what they tell us about the complexity 
       and ambiguity of gender roles. The innovation of the 
       bachelorette party - a celebration of the bride-to-be's 
       premarital sexual identity - and the addition of men to 
       the domestically oriented shower have often been thought 
       to indicate gender convergence and a more progressive 
       attitude toward power relations between men and women. But,
       Montemurro suggests that this is not always the case.; 
       Through these events, the bride-to-be is initiated into 
       the role of wife by her friends and family, who present 
       elaborate and exaggerated scenarios that demonstrate both 
       what she is sacrificing and what she is gaining. 
       Ultimately, Montemurro argues, prenuptial rituals 
       contribute to the stabilization of gender inequalities - 
       that American society at the turn of the twenty-first 
       century is still very much married to tradition and 
       traditional conceptions of masculinity and femininity"--
       Provided by publisher. 
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588 0  Print version record. 
650  0 Showers (Parties)|zUnited States|xHistory. 
650  0 Bachelorette parties|zUnited States|xHistory. 
650  0 Marriage customs and rites. 
650  7 GAMES|xTravel Games.|2bisacsh 
650  7 GAMES|xReference.|2bisacsh 
650  7 SOCIAL SCIENCE|xSociology|xGeneral.|2bisacsh 
650  7 Bachelorette parties.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00825038 
650  7 Marriage customs and rites.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01010592 
650  7 Showers (Parties)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01117765 
651  7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 
655  7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aMontemurro, Beth, 1972-|tSomething old, 
       something bold.|dNew Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University 
       Press, ©2006|z0813538106|z0813538114|w(DLC)  2005028197
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