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By E. Glapka

Bridal magazines became more and more well known in Western society, proliferating the belief of a ‘princess bride’ on her ‘big day’. but little has been written on how the ever-expanding marriage ceremony media and the preferred marriage ceremony tradition constructs gender and impacts the methods girls stay and adventure their weddings. providing a critique of up to date marriage ceremony discourse, this e-book marries jointly analyses of media texts and their reception to suggest a brand new method of media discourse. The research richly illustrates how ladies are invited to include not just the stereotypical inspiration of bridal femininity but additionally a consumptive means of experiencing it. via exam of brides’ money owed in their ‘big days’, the e-book observes the imprints of the preferred gender imagery on their self-portraits and self-narratives, and describes the women’s varied techniques to them. in accordance with insights from gender and significant discourse experiences, sociology and viewers examine, this exploration illuminates the continued debate on ‘media and gender’ and its methodological approaches.

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