Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Preface IX
4. 1. Why Study Weddings? A Confessional Introduction 1
5. PART I CEREMONY
6. 2. A Wedding in Righteous Town 27
7. 3. A Rite of Modernization and Its Postmodern Discontents 52
8. PART II COURTSHIP
9. 4. Transformations: The Construction of Courtship in Twentieth-Century Korea 85
10. 5. Requesting Marriage 120
11. PART III EXCHANGE
12. 6. Ceremonious Goods 155
13. 7. Betrothal Gifts and "Bothersome Custom" 191
14. Conclusion 221
15. Bibliography 231
16. Index 249