Romantic love and ‘getting married’: Narratives of the wedding in and out of cinema texts

Journal of Sociology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 373-389

  Wilding, Raelene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

cinema texts; mass media; popular culture; romantic love; weddings

Indexed keywords

EID: 25844493816     PISSN: 14407833     EISSN: 17412978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004869003394004     Document Type: Article

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