Format:
Online-Ressource (xiii, 297 p)
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ill
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cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2005 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0520238346
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0520238338
Content:
With a wedding impending, the Taiwanese bride-to-be turns to bridal photographers, makeup artists, and hair stylists to transform her image beyond recognition. They give her fairer skin, eyes like a Western baby doll, and gowns inspired by sources from Victorian England to MTV.An absorbing consideration of contemporary bridal practices in Taiwan, Framing the Bride shows how the lavish photographs represent more than mere conspicuous consumption. They are artifacts infused with cultural meaning and emotional significance, products of the gender- and generation-based conflicts in Taiwan's hybrid
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Framings; 1. How Can This Be? Ethnographic Contexts and History; 2. Fantasy for Sale: The Modern Bridal Industry; 3. Inner and Outer Worlds in Changing Taipei; 4. Family Wedding Rites and Banquets; 5. Making Up the Bride; 6. Romance in the Photo Studio; 7. Contextualizing Bridal Photos in Taiwan's Visual Culture; 8. The Context of Looking: What Taipei Viewers See; Conclusion: Reframings; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520238343
Additional Edition:
Print version Framing the Bride : Globalizing Beauty and Romance in Taiwan's Bridal Industry
Language:
English
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