@inbook{21592257d6964af7a0bec20a94da7166,
title = "Intimacy, community and power: bedding rituals in eighteenth-century Scotland",
abstract = "Bedding rituals were a popular part of the wedding ceremony for early modern Scots, a {\textquoteleft}spatial drama{\textquoteright} which held cultural and emotional meaning. Leaving the couple alone in the bedroom symbolised consummation and, in a culture where church wedding ceremonies were unnecessary, placed sex at the heart of marriage. Such physical movements through space were not just symbolic, but constitutive. As well as creating a marriage, the bedding ritual generated a particular form of emotional intimacy – one that focused on sexual intimacy, family, community and gendered power. While the marriage bedding ritual was only performed once, going to bed as a married couple should be a daily occurrence, promoting this form of intimacy across married life.",
author = "Katie Barclay",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-44185-6_3",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783319441849",
series = "Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions",
publisher = "Palgrave Macmillan",
pages = "43--62",
editor = "Bailey, {Merridee L.} and Katie Barclay",
booktitle = "Emotion, ritual and power in Europe, 1200-1920",
address = "United Kingdom",
}