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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300008503321

Autore

McNamara Sallie

Titolo

Tatler's Irony : Conspicuous Consumption, Inconspicuous Power and Social Change  / / by Sallie McNamara

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-76914-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 145 p.)

Collana

Palgrave Pivot

Disciplina

306.0941

Soggetti

Ethnology—Europe

Great Britain—Politics and government

Journalism

Communication

Social structure

Equality

British Culture

British Politics

Media and Communication

Social Structure, Social Inequality

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: History, Class and Context -- Tatler, The Gossiping Glossy? -- In with the In-Crowd? -- Posh Sex?: Gender and Sexuality -- Boom and Bust -- Conclusion: Shifting Boundaries and Social Change.

Sommario/riassunto

This book discusses Tatler, a monthly glossy magazine aimed at the wealthiest groups in British society, to consider how it addresses social change. The volume addresses specifically the period from 1997, the year New Labour was elected under Tony Blair, up to 2010, when the Conservative party and David Cameron came in to power. Sallie McNamara scrutinizes how the magazine negotiates ideas of ‘Britishness’, class, gender and national identity in a changing social, political, economic and cultural climate. Additionally, she explores the magazine’s humorous approach, and looks at how that distinctive address can potentially lead to misinterpretation. The British class



system has seen many challenges over the period of the magazine’s history, and this study expertly grapples with exactly how Tatler has maintained its audience in a continually changing social environment.