Article: PROBING QUESTION: HOW HAS THE AMERICAN WEDDING CHANGED?

Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:

If you're over the age of 30 you may remember being one of the 750 million television viewers worldwide who watched the broadcast of Princess Diana's 1981 wedding. From the cathedral to the carriage to the gown, the ceremony embodied the fairy-tale wedding ideal that many brides since have strived to emulate.

In the past 20 years, the extravagant "white wedding" -- a term connoting the Western tradition of a white wedding dress, made popular in the Victorian era -- has become the norm in America, said Beth Montemurro, associate professor of sociology at Penn State Abington. Until the 1980s, only the well-to-do engaged in ...

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