Tag: weddings
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Modernity, marriage, and mags, p. 1
Happy New Year! Human beings have celebrated marriage in formal ceremonies for all of recorded history. From the rise of magazine culture in the 19th century, weddings have been celebrated and sold in this format aimed predominantly at women. Magazine coverage of wedding ceremonies, receptions, gowns and social expectations provides a window into changing cultural…
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Magazine of the Week
Hi, everyone! This will be our last MoW until September, to give me a chance to write some longer content to take us through fall. After the royal wedding, and those of several friends, I’m feeling all romantic and stuff. June has long been the month associated with weddings, so this week’s MoW will be…
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Magazine of the Week
Hi, everyone! Welcome back! In the last few years, October has overtaken June as the most popular month to get married. And the most popular weekend of that month is this one: Columbus/Indigenous Peoples’ Day weekend. This week’s MoW celebrates that American institution: the big wedding. Town & Country Weddings is a spin-off of…