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As we saw in Chapter 3, many weddings now have a different status from perhaps thirty years ago. What is now being celebrated is less the beginning of a romantic and sexual relationship than the confirmation of one that already exists. Moreover, at the same time divorce is prevalent in British society, a wedding industry continues to boom, with the average consumptive expenditure on the big day at an unprecedented high level. It is with this apparent paradox in mind that the following discussions proceed.
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Boden, S. (2003). Wedding Preparations: The Significance of Consumption. In: Consumerism, Romance and the Wedding Experience. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230005648_4
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