Will you marry me?: Spectacle and consumption in the ritual of marriage proposals

Journal of Popular Culture

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 169-185

  Vannini, Phillip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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EID: 28044433390     PISSN: 00223840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3840.2004.00105.x     Document Type: Review

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