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Why do couples choose traditional weddings?

Why, in an era when weddings have never been more liberated from cultural norms and official control, do couples still choose to follow the same assumed traditions? Julia Carter, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the Canterbury Christ Church University, considers the reasons with Laurie Taylor.

First broadcast on Thinking Allowed, 9 May 2016.

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