Remembering Diana: Cultural Memory and the Reinvention of Authority
Author:   V. Seidler
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2013
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Pages:   288
Publication Date:   01 January 2013
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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.

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Author:   V. Seidler
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2013
Weight:   0.413kg
ISBN:  

9781349340163


ISBN 10:   1349340162
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   01 January 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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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

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'A valuable addition to a range of sociological concerns which focus on cultural memory, the politics of emotion, and the changing face of nation-ness, citizenship and subjectivity.' - Suki Ali, London School of Economics, UK


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VIC SEIDLER Professor of Social Theoryin the Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. He is author of Transforming Masculinities: Men, Cultures, Bodies, Power, Sex and Love (2005),Shadows of the Shoah: Jewish Identity and Belonging (2000), Man Enough: Embodying Masculinities (1997) and Recovering the Self: Morality and Social Theory (1995). He has also published widely on social theory and philosophy, Marxism and critical theory, moral theory, masculinity and sexual politics in international journals.

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