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- Title
Analysis of Wedding Rituals: An Attempt to Make Weddings More Meaningful.
- Authors
Chesser, Barbara Jo
- Abstract
This paper presents a framework for studying and analyzing wedding symbolisms, rituals, and pageantry. Students in high school and university marriage classes have found this information to provide a provocative foundation for developing their own wedding vows and rituals. This process encourages open and honest communication between prospective marriage partners. Composing their own wedding vows and consciously selecting rituals with specific symbolisms in mind also fosters realistic expectations of self, the marriage partner, and the marriage relationship.
- Subjects
MARRIAGE; SYMBOLISM; FAMILY relations; INTERPERSONAL relations; SOCIAL psychology; SOCIAL interaction
- Publication
Family Relations, 1980, Vol 29, Issue 2, p204
- ISSN
0197-6664
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/584073