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Men Getting Married in England, 1918–60: Consent, Celebration, Consummation

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Starting after the Great War, this book charts the rise of the ritualistic engagement, the modern white wedding and the more widely available honeymoon holiday, to show changes and continuities in English masculinity by considering power relations between men and women.  Through a close reading of a range of sources (including first-person testimonies, newspapers and etiquette manuals), power relations between bride and groom, and between different generations, are revealed in the context of social class and the rise of consumerism.

Author(s): Neil Penlington
Series: Genders and Sexualities in History
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2023

Language: English
Pages: 248
City: Cham

Series Editors’ Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
Abbreviations
List of Figures
1 Introduction
References
2 Consent and Capacity
Affinity
Polygamy
Age
Mental Capacity
Conclusion
References
3 Engagement
Words
Intimacy
Things
Pressures
Conclusion
References
4 The Wedding
Wedding Etiquette Manuals
Newspapers
First-Person Wedding Narratives
Conclusion
References
5 Non-consummation
Non-consummation, the 1912 Royal Commission and the 1937 Act
‘Wilful Refusal’ and the Purpose of Marriage
Re-consummation: ‘Sex’ as Condonation
Proof of (Non)Consummation
Conclusion
References
6 Honeymoon
Planning
Location
Experience
Conclusion
References
7 Conclusion
Index