Chapters 4 and 5 of Framing the Bride
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Chapters 4 and 5 of Framing the Bride examine key gestures and customs of wedding practice in Taiwan as ethnographic phenomena and rites of sociological passage. Chapter 4 covers customary family rites and celebrations, making the point that many of the activities involving the bride and groom are actually meant to satisfy expectations of the older generation. Ritualistic moments, indeed, are often considered "old people's business" but are undertaken by the younger people to accommodate family peace. Marriage negotiations, including maneuvering bride-price (124-6) and number or quality of engagement cakes (126-8), fall into that category. What Adrian calls power rituals, which link wedding-ring logistics and in-law relationships, and fertility rituals, which signify family accommodation, are also part of that. On the other hand customs such as proscribing year-of-tiger people f
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