Framing the bride: globalizing beauty and romance in Taiwan's bridal industry
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1. Verfasser: Adrian, Bonnie (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley University of California Press c2003
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Framings -- How can this be? ethnographic contexts and history -- Fantasy for sale -- Inner and outer worlds in changing Taipei -- Family wedding rites and banquets -- Making up the bride -- Romance in the photo studio -- Contextualizing bridal photos in Taiwan's visual culture -- The context of looking -- Conclusion : re-framings
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.
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 297 p.)
ISBN:0520930037
1597346209
9780520930032
9781597346207

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