Download or read book Strange Customs of Courtship and Marriage written by William John Fielding and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular survey of world wide practices, very brief references to Aborigines.

Download or read book Strange Customs of Courtship and Marriage written by William John Fielding and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Strange Customs of Courtship and Marriage written by William J. Fielding and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Strange Customs of Courtship and Marriage written by William John Fielding and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Strange Customs of Courtship Marriage With Plates written by William John FIELDING and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Marriage Customs and Modes of Courtship of the Various Nations of the Universe written by Theophilus Moore and published by . This book was released on 1820 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Curious Customs written by Tad Tuleja and published by Stonesong. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do we blow out candles on birthday cakes? Use striped poles to symbolize a barber? Throw rice at weddings? Find out in CURIOUS CUSTOMS: The Stories Behind 296 Popular American Rituals.Whether you want a new look at old habits or just love wacky facts and intriguing information, CURIOUS CUSTOMS is full of unusual, surprising bits of information that you'll love to learn and share.

Download or read book Peculiar Customs and Rites of the Himalayan People written by D. D. Sharma and published by Mittal Publications. This book was released on 2000 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Marriage Customs modes of courtship and singular propensities of the various nations of the Universe With remarks on the condition of Women etc written by Esq. Theophilus MOORE and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Manners and customs of uncivilized peoples written by Charles Morris and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Curious Customs of Sex Marriage written by George Ryley Scott and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The ceremony of marriage is central to every culture, and there are more superstitions and strange rites attached to it than most other cultural institutions. This books gathers extraordinary facts about marriage from around the world." -- Publisher's description

Download or read book The Caricature of Love written by Dr. Hervey M. Cleckley and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2018-03-12 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1957, this book by renowned American psychiatrist Hervey M. Cleckley focuses on two chief themes: sexual disorder and its influences, and a critical examination of some concepts of sexuality which are prominent today in psychiatry and psychology.

Download or read book The Wedding Complex written by Elizabeth Freeman and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2002-10-31 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Wedding Complex Elizabeth Freeman explores the significance of the wedding ceremony by asking what the wedding becomes when you separate it from the idea of marriage. Freeman finds that weddings—as performances, fantasies, and rituals of transformation—are sites for imagining and enacting forms of social intimacy other than monogamous heterosexuality. Looking at the history of Anglo-American weddings and their depictions in American literature and popular culture from the antebellum era to the present, she reveals the cluster of queer desires at the heart of the "wedding complex"—longings not for marriage necessarily but for public forms of attachment, ceremony, pageantry, and celebration. Freeman draws on queer theory and social history to focus on a range of texts where weddings do not necessarily lead to legal marriage but instead reflect yearnings for intimate arrangements other than long-term, state-sanctioned, domestic couplehood. Beginning with a look at the debates over gay marriage, she proceeds to consider literary works by Nathaniel Hawthorne, William Faulkner, Carson McCullers, Vladimir Nabokov, and Edgar Allan Poe, along with such Hollywood films as Father of the Bride, The Graduate, and The Godfather. She also discusses less well-known texts such as Su Friedrich’s experimental film First Comes Love and the off-Broadway, interactive dinner play Tony ‘n’ Tina’s Wedding. Offering bold new ways to imagine attachment and belonging, and the public performance and recognition of social intimacy, The Wedding Complex is a major contribution to American studies, queer theory, and cultural studies.

Download or read book A History of Courtship written by Tania O'Donnell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tania O’Donnell takes the reader on a journey from medieval Courtly Love, through to the sexual license of the Restoration, and Victorian propriety. Pick up historical ‘dating tips,’ from how to court (or be courted), write romantic love letters, give and receive gifts, propose and pose as a sighing swain. The book takes a historical approach to the problem of finding a mate, with case studies of classic romantic mistakes and plenty of unusual tales. In the 14th century young men tried to impress the ladies with their footwear, donning shoes with pointed toes so long that they had to be secured with whalebone—presumably because size mattered! A History of Courtship is an entertaining and enlightening look at seduction over the centuries.

Download or read book Extravagant Expectations written by Paul Hollander and published by Ivan R. Dee. This book was released on 2011-05-16 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The proliferation of dating websites, printed personals and self-help relationship books reflect the new ways Americans seek close, personal relationships. Exposed to changing and often conflicting values, trends, and fashions—disseminated by popular culture, advertising and assorted "experts"—Americans face uncertainties about the best ways to meet important emotional and social needs. How do we establish lasting and intimate personal relationships including marriage? In Extravagant Expectations Paul Hollander investigates how Americans today pursue romantic relationships, with special reference to the advantages and drawbacks of Internet dating compared to connections made in school, college, and the workplace. By analyzing printed personals, dating websites, and advice offered by pop psychology books, he examines the qualities that people seek in a partner and also assesses the influence of the remaining conventional ideas of romantic love. Hollander suggests that notions of romantic love have changed due to conflicting values and expectations and the impact of pragmatic considerations. Individualism, high expectations, social and geographic mobility, changing sex roles, and the American national character all play a part in this fascinating and finally sobering exploration of men and women to find love and meaning in life.

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Download or read book Catalog written by Robin Cherry and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1872 when traveling salesman Aaron Montgomery Ward realized he could eliminate the middleman and sell goods directly to his customers, Americans have had an ongoing love affair with the mail-order catalog, which continues undiminished even in today's online-driven world. The practical can find deals on furniture and clothing in L.L.Bean and Sears, the extravagant can consider his and hers matching helicopters, windmills, hot-air balloons, and submarines in the Neiman Marcus Fantasy Catalog; those looking to get their pulses racing can browse Victoria's Secret and Abercrombie & Fitch; while our inner swashbuckler can travel the world through the pages of the J. Peterman Owner's Manual where Moroccan caftans, Russian Navy t-shirts, and wooden water buckets from rural China entice the imagination. In Catalog: The Illustrated History of Mail Order Shopping, Robin Cherry traces the timeline of these snapshots from American history and discovers along the way how we dressed, decorated our houses, worked, played, and got around. From corsets to bell-bottoms, from baby-doll dresses and Doc Martens all the way to iPods, the history of these catalogs is the history of our lives and our culture. GIs during World War II were kept company by the models in the pages of lingerie catalogs; hockey goalies fashioned makeshift shin guards out of them during the Great Depression, and creative children across the country still play with homemade paper dolls cut from clothing catalogs. A number of celebrities got their start modeling for catalogs: Gregory Peck, Lauren Bacall, Katherine Heigl, Matthew Fox, and Angelina Jolie. Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan both got their first guitars from the Sears catalog. Organized into categories such as clothing, food, animals, and houses, author Robin Cherry explores the vivid stories behind Sears, Montgomery Ward, Lillian Vernon, Harry & David, Jackson & Perkins, and of course, 45 years of the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book. Insightful historical commentary places these catalogs in their social context, making this book a visual pleasure and a historically important piece of Americana.