"An interesting look at the institution of marriage...This book probably won't be on the must-read lists of most brides and grooms to be, but it is an interesting look at the institution of marriage. Or, rather the industry of marriage as the author emphasizes in her clear-eyed view of weddings...Ingraham, Chair of sociology at Purchase College in New York, tears away the veil of fantasy and takes a hard look at bridal magazines, religion, the garment industry, the media, and just plain capitalism, and how they all figure into this tradition."–Los Angeles Times

• 1. Lifting the Veil 2. The Wedding-Industrial Complex 3. Romancing the Clone: The White Wedding 4. McBride Meets McDreamy: Television, Internet, and Popular Film, Weddings 5. And They Lived Happily Ever After. Epilogue. Appendix

"An interesting look at the institution of marriage...This book probably won't be on the must-read lists of most brides and grooms to be, but it is an interesting look at the institution of marriage. Or, rather the industry of marriage as the author emphasizes in her clear-eyed view of weddings...Ingraham, Chair of sociology at Purchase College in New York, tears away the veil of fantasy and takes a hard look at bridal magazines, religion, the garment industry, the media, and just plain capitalism, and how they all figure into this tradition."–Los Angeles Times

• 1. Lifting the Veil 2. The Wedding-Industrial Complex 3. Romancing the Clone: The White Wedding 4. McBride Meets McDreamy: Television, Internet, and Popular Film, Weddings 5. And They Lived Happily Ever After. Epilogue. Appendix