ARHU-American Studies

Topic 4: Student Lounge

Let's continue our ongoing discussion on traditional gender roles within the context of Celebrating The Family. What are your thoughts on the presumably traditional white wedding? Has modern feminism changed the wedding ritual? How has reality television brought the traditional white wedding to new heights? Is this desacrilization of the marital ritual a by product of post-sentimentality, as described by Pleck? You can use examples from recent celebrity weddings, i.e. Star Jones.