After Diana: Irreverent Elegies

After Diana: Irreverent Elegies
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The death of Diana, Princess of Wales, was met by the deepest mourning of the twentieth century. Two and a half billion people worldwide watched the funeral on television, floral tributes flooded Londonâ€™s royal parks and sprung up, too, in small towns in Texas, conspiracy theories ricocheted around the Internet, commemorative stamps were issued in newly communist Hong Kong.

Press coverage of the death was also unprecedented in both its scale and uniformity. Yet, in an enormous welter of schmaltz, very little was said about the meaning of what had occurredâ€”whether Tony Blairâ€™s public emoting heralded a new kind of politics; what, if anything, the anguish of so many who never knew Diana in person revealed about modern society; how the intertwining of the ideas of celebrity and victim, physical beauty and moral worth, affected peopleâ€™s responses; what was implied for the future of the royal family.

For those perplexed by the events surrounding Dianaâ€™s death, this book provides some answers. Insisting that all aspects of the affair are open to investigation, that nothing (and especially not royalty) is sacred, it brings together a group of distinguished writers whose primary interest is to analyze the death rather than lament it.

Contributors: Mark AugÃ©, Jean Baudrillard, Sarah Benton, Homi K. Bhabha, Mark Cousins, Alexander Cockburn, Richard Coles, RÃ©gis Debray, FranÃ§oise Gaillard, Peter Ghosh, Christopher Hird, Christopher Hitchens, Linda Holt, Sara Maitland, Ross McKibbin, Mandy Merck, Tom Nairn, Glen Newey, Naomi Segal, Dorothy Thompson, Francis Wheen, Judith Williamson, and Elizabeth Wilson.
Country USA
Brand Verso
Manufacturer Verso
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 32 b&w photographs
Model 32 b&w photographs
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 1998-09-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781859842652

Country	USA
Brand	Verso
Manufacturer	Verso
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	32 b&w photographs
Model	32 b&w photographs
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	1998-09-17
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781859842652

After Diana: Irreverent Elegies

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