Men Getting Married in England, 1918–60 Consent, Celebration, Consummation
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan
2023, 2023
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2023 |
| Series: | Genders and Sexualities in History
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: Men and Marriage in England
- 2. Consent and Capacity: Which Men Could Marry?
- 3. Engagement: The Experience and Expectations of Engaged Men
- 4. Celebration: Men and the Wedding
- 5. Consummation: The Sexually ‘Normal’ Man
- 6. Honeymoon: Masculinity and the Newly-Married Man
- 7. Conclusion: Masculinity and Marriage in Mid-Twentieth-Century England