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Kim, Young-Hoon.

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The commodification of a ritual process: An ethnography of the wedding industry in Las Vegas.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The commodification of a ritual process: An ethnography of the wedding industry in Las Vegas./
Author:	Kim, Young-Hoon.
Description:	170 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 57-07, Section: A, page: 3098.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International57-07A.
Subject:	American Studies. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=9636347
ISBN:	9780591021837

The commodification of a ritual process: An ethnography of the wedding industry in Las Vegas.
Kim, Young-Hoon.

The commodification of a ritual process: An ethnography of the wedding industry in Las Vegas. - 170 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 57-07, Section: A, page: 3098.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Southern California, 1996.

This dissertaion is an ethnographic study of a contemporary wedding form found in Las Vegas, Nevada. The study explores the significance of this unique ritual form, and considers its relation to the fabric of contemporary American culture.

ISBN: 9780591021837Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017604
American Studies.

The commodification of a ritual process: An ethnography of the wedding industry in Las Vegas.
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520 $a I undertook this study in the hope that it would provide a vehicle to better comprehend the structural and symbolic processes of American life. I believe that it has done so by revealing beneath them two pervasive themes in American culture: individualism and commercialism. My analysis of the Las Vegas wedding ritual will offer a "decisive key to understanding the social realities perceived and lived" by Americans by exploring both the meaning of such a choice for one's marriage, and the impact of the Las Vegas wedding itself as a contemporary ritual. (Turner, 1969:9) Utilizing several levels of analysis, I examine those characteristics peculiar to the Vegas wedding, and relate those specific characteristics to the larger culture in terms of their function in the expression of individuality and the subsequent negation of the most essential socially cohesive aspects of the wedding ritual.
520 $a Since the United States is a country of many different ethnic, cultural, social, and regional groups, huge variations in marriage customs exist. Consequently, this study does not--could not--discuss every form of wedding ritual being performed within the boundaries of the United States. Rather, with a comparative perspective, I focus mainly on weddings performed in the wedding chapels in Las Vegas and upon their unique significance to the study of American culture.
520 $a Through briefly investigating the history and significance of wedding chapels in Las Vegas, then using that foundation to inquire more deeply into the symbology, form, function, and participants of the weddings themselves, I attempt to open a doorway into contemporary American culture. The aim of my research was to understand the cultural meanings of these weddings in Las Vegas, and then to situate them in relation to the structural and symbolic processes of contemporary American life.
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