Starting after the Great War, this book charts the rise of the ritualistic engagement, the modern white wedding and the more widely available honeymoon holiday, to show changes and continuities in English masculinity by considering power relations between men and women. Through a close reading of a range of sources (including first-person testimonies, newspapers and etiquette manuals), power relations between bride and groom, and between different generations, are revealed in the context of social class and the rise of consumerism.
| ISBN: | 9783031274046 |
| Publication date: | 1st April 2023 |
| Author: | Neil Penlington |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Springer International Publishing AG |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 239 pages |
| Series: | Genders and Sexualities in History |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural history Gender studies, gender groups European history Social and cultural history |