Abstract
According to this article’s authoress, the wedding ceremonial in present-day societies has lost tradition’s fixed pattern, even though it still keeps the competitive element and spectacular point of view. As a matter of fact, in European popular tradition wedding is always considered as a representation and a play with a happy ending. In the article the authoress re-propose to study one of the most spectacular and dramatic form of engagement called “Mock bride”.
Titolo tradotto del contributo | [Autom. eng. transl.] The fight for the bride |
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Lingua originale | Italian |
pagine (da-a) | 465-477 |
Numero di pagine | 13 |
Rivista | STUDI DI SOCIOLOGIA |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2004 |
Keywords
- fidanzamento
- matrimonio
- riti di passaggio