The Bride Factory: Mass Media Portrayals of Women and Weddings

by Erika Engstrom

Book Overview

In response to the growing scope and popularity of wedding-related offerings and the media attention given to celebrity and royal weddings, The Bride Factory critically examines various bridal media outlets, artifacts, and the messages they convey about women today. The book departs from conventional wisdom and other treatments of the bridal industry as a scholarly topic by revealing how media portray women in modern American society, and how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1433117452
• ISBN13: 9781433117459
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"