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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815797103321

Autore

Blain Neil <1951->

Titolo

Media, monarchy and power / / Neil Blain and Hugh O'Donnell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, : Intellect, 2003

ISBN

1-280-47654-0

9786610476541

1-84150-877-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

O'DonnellHugh <1949->

Disciplina

305.5222094

Soggetti

Monarchy - Europe

Power (Social sciences) - Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION Monarchy and Power; 1. Modern and Postmodern Monarchy; 2. The Ideological Realm; 3. The Gnawing Absence of Reality: Fables of The Royal Boudoir In The British Media; 4. The UK, Spain and Beyond: Monarchy and Modernity; 5. Spain - Two Weddings and a 'Friendship': From the Modern to the Postmodern; 6. Belgium - A Country Reunited?; 7. Norway - A Different Land?; 8. The Netherlands: The Prince and The Politicians; 9. Royalty and Celebrity; CONCLUSION 10 Royal Power and Media Power

AFTERWORD Calibration and Compliance In The UK: Mourning, Celebration and Conformity In 2002APPENDIX A Note on Britain and Europe; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Is obsession with the Royal Family in Britain a fact of culture or an illusion of media culture? What interest do the European media display in their royal families? Does twenty-first century monarchy remain a political and ideological force - or is it just an economic commodity? Media, Monarchy and Power provides a radical insight into the cultural and political functioning of royalty in five countries. Blain and O'Donnell examine the bonds between monarchies and their 'subjects' or 'citizens', and the relationships between royal families, the media, and nation-states. Numerous case-studies f