首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Marcia Seligson calls the wedding dress the "key metaphor" in the elaborate effort to make the American wedding an "idealized de
Marcia Seligson calls the wedding dress the "key metaphor" in the elaborate effort to make the American wedding an "idealized de
admin
2013-01-28
24
问题
Marcia Seligson calls the wedding dress the "key metaphor" in the elaborate effort to make the American wedding an "idealized departure from reality", and notes that in the early 1970s, at a time when love-ins, live-ins, and hippie weddings were throwing brickbats at tradition, 94 percent of American brides still chose to be married in white. The color has long been associated with weddings because of its supposed symbolic link to virginity. Commenting slyly on the tradition, Judith Martin (1982) observes that an engaged couple needs to decide "whether wearing a white wedding dress will be worth enduring the sneers of people who believe these must be accessorized by intact hymns".
Viewed historically, the link between white and virginity (or, as it is sometimes euphemized, purity) is not as absolute as is often supposed. Brides in ancient Rome married in white, but because the color signified joy; they were veiled in bright orange veil, or flammeum, that suggested the flames of passion. In the western Catholic tradition, too, white has always been the color of joy, and it remains the iconographical-ly correct hue for such jubilant occasions as Easter Sunday. Some traditional societies use white to denote the significance of various passage ceremonies, among them funerals as well as weddings. For example, among the Andaman Islanders, said A. R. Radcliffe-Brown, white indicated simply a change of status; and the traditional Chinese white for funerals was a symbolic representation of hope.
The "traditional" white wedding dress, moreover, is a recent innovation. Barbarar Fober explains that its popularity may owe less to the mystique of virginity than to a curious twist of conspicuous display. "Most Victorian bribes," she says, "wore simply their ’best finery’ on their wedding day, and many wore traditional ethnic costumes." The white dress was an ostentatiously impractical innovation that became popular among the upper classes precisely because of its defects: "Victorian bribes" from privileged backgrounds wore white to indicate that they were rich enough to wear a dress for one day only. And throughout the first years of this century, brides from somewhat less privileged backgrounds would trot out the white dress on special occasions through-out the first year of their marriage. The custom of locking the treasure away after the wedding--so that, like a toasting glass, it could never be used for a lesser purpose--is less than a hundred years old.
The best title for the passage is ______ .
选项
A、Tradition of White Wedding Dress
B、Origin of Wedding Dress
C、History of Wedding Dress
D、Appeal of White Dress
答案
D
解析
本文主要讲述为什么人们喜欢在婚礼及其他特别场合身着白色,正确答案为D“白色衣服的魅力”。B和C均含义太广。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/sV1O777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
Duringthenormaldevelopmentofself,achildisaffectedbycertaininfluentialfactors.(1)Infantsformanattachmentwitht
Fastfood,amainstayofAmericaneatingfordecades,mayhavereachedaplateauintheUnitedStatesasthematuringbaby-boom
Understandingthistransitionrequiresalookatthetwo-sidedconnectionbetweenenergyandhumanwell-being.Energycontribute
Inrecentyearstherehasbeena_____increaseinthecostofliving,manyfamilieshavetodependonthefederalaids.
Scientistswilthaveto______newmethodsofincreasingtheworld’sfoodsupplyinordertofeedmorehungrypeople.
Somelinguistsbelievethatthe______ageforchildrenlearningaforeignlanguageis5to8.
Someanthropologistsclaimthatafewapeshavebeentaughtarudimentarysignlanguages,butskepticsarguethattheapesareo
Motorwaysare,nodoubtthesafestroadsinBritain.Mile【41】mile,vehicleforvehicle,youaremuch【42】likelytobekilledors
Motorwaysare,nodoubtthesafestroadsinBritain.Mile【41】mile,vehicleforvehicle,youaremuch【42】likelytobekilledors
随机试题
与吗啡无关的不良反应是
吸入纯氧15~20min后PaO2可达550mmHg,如达不到350mmHg,内可能发生了
哪一种情况下氧解离曲线发生右移
以下哪项不是生理性黄疸的特点
男,28岁。枕部着地,昏迷5分钟后清醒,并自己回到家中,其后出现头痛并逐渐加重伴呕吐,1h后不省人事,急送医院。查体:BP160/90mmHg,脉率65次/分,呼吸15次/分。浅昏迷,右枕部头皮挫伤,左侧瞳孔4mm,对光反应消失;右侧瞳孔2.5mm,对光反
融资方案设计与分析中,资金结构的选择与分析是一项重要内容,资金结构包括()。
在城区施工,项目应在工程开工()d前到当地县级以上政府环境管理部门办理申报登记。
企业采用权益法核算长期股权投资的,在确认投资收益时,不需考虑顺流交易产生的未实现内部交易利润。()
C公司是2010年1月1日成立的高新技术企业。为了进行以价值为基础的管理,该公司采用股权现金流量模型对股权价值进行评估。评估所需的相关数据如下:(1)C公司2010年的销售收入为1000万元。根据目前市场行情预测,其2011年、2012年的增长率分别
公安赔偿中,受害人因误工而减少的收入,每日的赔偿金按照国家上年度职工日平均工资计算,最高额为()。
最新回复
(
0
)