Busy brides and the business of family life: The wedding-planning industry and the commodity frontier

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 639-662

  Blakely, Kristin ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Commodification; Family work relationship; Feminism; Wedding planners; Weddings

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549096877     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X07309453     Document Type: Article

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