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`I do' Again: The Relational Dialectics of Renewing Marriage Vows

Dawn O. Braithwaite

Arizona State University West icdob{at}asuvm.inre.asu.edu

Leslie A. Baxter

University of Iowa

This study provides descriptive insight into the dialectical themes of one public relationship ritual in modern US society, the renewal of marital vows between spouses. Interpretive analyses of in-depth interview data revealed that this ritual allows spouses to manage three underlying dialectical contra- dictions: private-public, stability-change and conventionality-uniqueness.

Key Words: marriage vow renewal • relational dialectics • ritual

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Vol. 12, No. 2, 177-198 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/0265407595122002
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