Laura's review
It's Our Day: America's Love Affair With the White Wedding, 1945-2005 (Cultureamerica)
by Katherine Jellison
Laura's review
It's Our Day: America's Love Affair With the White Wedding, 1945-2005 (Cultureamerica) by Katherine Jellison
Laura's review
rating:
While interesting, this book read a bit too much like a senior thesis. I was expecting more of an analysis than a statement of trends. The section on "Life" magazine and it's influence was interesting, as was the section on America's obession with celebrity weddings--but even this was reductionist. Not all celebrity weddings we obsess over involve blonde future housewives (Jackie Kennedy as case in point). Good effort, but with such a rich subject, I expected the author to delve into "why" and not just "how".
