Remembering Diana [electronic resource] : Cultural Memory and the Reinvention of Authority /
Seidler, V.author.
Analysing the events surrounding the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997, Vic Seidler considers the public outpourings of grief and displays of emotion which prompted new kinds of identification and belonging in which communities came together regardless of race, class, gender and sexuality.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Preface: Embodying Memories: Echoes of Diana and the Re-invention of Authority -- Introduction: Post-traditional Imaginations and Cultural Memories of Grief -- Cultural Memories, Myths, Icons and Images -- Shock, Public Grief and Spaces of Belonging -- Authority, Masculinities and Emotional Lives -- Citizenships, Multicultures and 'Community' -- Grief, Public Space and 'People's Power' -- Symbolic Resistance, Love and Relationship -- Cultural Memories, Vulnerability and Human Values -- Democracy, 'New Britain', Freedom and Self-Invention -- Authority, Recognition, Voice and the Media -- Conclusion: Postmodern Identities, Citizenships and the Re-invention of Authority -- Bibliography -- Index.
Analysing the events surrounding the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997, Vic Seidler considers the public outpourings of grief and displays of emotion which prompted new kinds of identification and belonging in which communities came together regardless of race, class, gender and sexuality.
Diana, Princess of Wales, 1961-1997
Historiography.
Communication.
Great Britain-History.
Civilization-History.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Memory Studies.
Media Studies.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Cultural History.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
Cultural and Media Studies, general.