Wedding Cakes and Cultural History

First published in 1992, Wedding Cakes and Cultural History traces the fascinating history of wedding cakes, from late medieval feasts and rites, through the Victorian wedding breakfast and into the 1990s.

Autorentext

Simon R. Charsley

Klappentext

First published in 1992, Wedding Cakes and Cultural History traces the fascinating history of wedding cakes, from late medieval feasts and rites, through the Victorian wedding breakfast and into the 1990s.

Inhalt

List of illustrations Foreword Preface 1. The British wedding cake in the late twentieth century 2. How distinctive is the British cake? 3. Cultural creation: myth, history and language 4. When the wedding cake was not yet and might never have been 5. Great cakes, plum(b) cakes and bride cakes 6. Confectionery and icing 7. The rise of the Victorian cake and its successors 8. Uses and their evolution 9. Meanings and interpretation 10. Towards a theory of cultural change? Postscript Notes Bibliography Index