Authors: Bonnie Adrian
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-12-08 - Publisher: Univ of California Press
With a wedding impending, the Taiwanese bride-to-be turns to bridal photographers, makeup artists, and hair stylists to transform her image beyond recognition. They give her fairer skin, eyes like a Western baby doll, and gowns inspired by sources from Victorian England to MTV. An absorbing consideration of contemporary bridal practices