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consultancy for 
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wedding planning df management 








PLANNING if MANAGEMENT 



CONSULTANCY FOR DIVERSE CLIENTS 



Maggie Daniels and Carrie Loveless 



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Daniels, Maggie, 1969- 

Weddlng planning and management : consultancy for diverse clients / 
authors, Maggie Daniels, Carrie Loveless, 
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ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-8233-6 

ISBN-10: 0-7506-8233-7 

1. Wedding supplies and services industry. 2. Wedding supplies and 
services industry— Management. 3. Weddings— Planning. 4. Consultants. 
. Loveless, Carrie, II. Title. 

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contents 



list of case studies 
list of figures xv 
list of tables xvi 
preface xix 
acknowledgments 
about the authors xxn 
about the photographer 



XX 



XXIII 



section one 

^ foundations 



1 Role and Scope of Wedding Consultancy 3 

Titles, packages and roles 5 

The organization of the book 11 

References 13 

2 Weddings, Culture, and Religion 17 

Socialization for marriage 18 

Mate selection 19 

Pre-wedding rituals 21 

Wedding customs 24 

Changes in identity due to marriage 27 

References 28 

3 History and Hegemony 33 

What is hegemony? 34 

Hegemony and marriage 34 

Hegemony and weddings 35 

A balance of power 40 

References 42 



4 The Mediated Construction of Weddings 45 

Invented traditions 45 

Celebrity weddings 48 

Portrayal of weddings in film 49 

Reality television 52 

The internet 52 

References 54 

5 The Changing Family, Politics, and Law 57 

Female workforce dynamics 58 

The missing male 60 

Cohabitation and divorce 61 

Same-sex relationships and unions 64 

Intercultural and interfaith marriages 65 

References 69 

6 Weddings and Consumerism 73 

The urge to consume 74 

The quest for perfection 77 

Sponsored weddings and associated expections 79 

Planning anticonsumptive and conservationist weddings 80 

References 83 

7 Tourism and Destination Weddings 87 

Visiting friends and relatives tourism 88 

Honeymoon travel 91 

Destination weddings 94 

References 97 













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