JRFM 04/02: "Who, Being Loved, Is Poor?"

Material and Media Dimensions of Weddings. Edited by Anna-Katharina Höpflinger and Marie-Therese Mäder. With contributions by Toufic Ishaia El-Khoury, Sharon Lauricella, Hannah M. Scott, Arno Haldemann, Benedikt Bauer, Vuk Uskoković, Philippe Bornet, Richard Goodwin, Dietmar Adler and Charles Martig.

Marriage can be understood as a rite of passage that marks a fundamental transformation in a person's life, legally, politically, and economically, and often in that person's self-conception, as an individual and in terms of his or her place in society. This transformation combines and blurs various themes.There is a focus on the following aspects, which are integral to the articles in this issue: the private and the public, tradition and innovation, the collective and the individual. The media play a crucial role in shaping all of these categories and their relationship. Finally, the connections between marriage and religion are concidered, for a wedding is not per se religious. In the contemporary European context in particular, a wedding can take the form simply of the signing of a socio-legal contract. But nevertheless - or perhaps exactly therefore - marriages are often staged ritualistically and linked to religious symbols, worldviews, and norms. 136 Seiten mit Abb., broschiert (Journal for Religion, Film and Media; Band 4, Nr. 2/Schüren Verlag 2018) leichte Lagerspuren/minor shelfwear