Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Framings 1. How Can This Be? Ethnographic Contexts and History 2. Fantasy for Sale: The Modern Bridal Industry 3. Inner and Outer Worlds in Changing Taipei 4. Family Wedding Rites and Banquets 5. Making Up the Bride 6. Romance in the Photo Studio 7. Contextualizing Bridal Photos in Taiwan's Visual Culture 8. The Context of Looking: What Taipei Viewers See Conclusion: Reframings Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author

Bonnie Adrian is Social Sciences Core Lecturer at the University of Denver.