SOCI 2270 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Wedding Planner
26 Jun 2018
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Chapter 7: Marriage and Death Rituals (Part 2)
Weddings Today
-Focuses on brides dream wedding
-Bride works with wedding planner
-Destination weddings have drastically increased (romance increase)
Alternative approaches
-Gay marriage has been recognized since 2005
-Before that used commitment ceremonies
Commitment Ceremony: attempts to incorporate some aspects of marriage while at the
same time intending to escape the gendered messages of traditional wedding ceremonies.
Baha’i Wedding
-No clergy, two witnesses must be present
-Bride/groom must consent
-Receive consent from parents
-Only requirement is an expression stating that they will obey god
Honeymoons
-The final rite of passage following a wedding
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Document Summary
Chapter 7: marriage and death rituals (part 2) Destination weddings have drastically increased (romance increase) Gay marriage has been recognized since 2005. Commitment ceremony: attempts to incorporate some aspects of marriage while at the same time intending to escape the gendered messages of traditional wedding ceremonies. No clergy, two witnesses must be present. Only requirement is an expression stating that they will obey god. The final rite of passage following a wedding. Take place in a place with special association. Gives opportunity for a lavish/big event if wedding was not possible. Associated with death includes funeral, memorial service, activities of mourning. For the widow/widower provide transformation of the sense of self, the transition into a new social status and a connection with the one who is lost. Suttee- an indian practice that required a widow to jump onto the funeral pyre and be cremated with her husband. (it is now illegal)
