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Thatcher and after Margaret Thatcher and her afterlife in contemporary culture /

The first substantial interdisciplinary, cross-genre critique of Margaret Thatcher and her cultural 'afterlife', exploring Thatcher's legacy across a range of areas including public policy, broadcast media, film, poetry, architectural design, political cartoons and literature.

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Group Author: Hadley, Louisa; Ho, Elizabeth.
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Thatcher, Margaret. > Influence.
Politics and culture > Great Britain.
British & Irish history > British Isles.
Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000 > British Isles.
Popular culture > British Isles.
Media studies > British Isles.
History.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 20th century.
Great Britain > Social conditions > 20th century.
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230283169
Summary: The first substantial interdisciplinary, cross-genre critique of Margaret Thatcher and her cultural 'afterlife', exploring Thatcher's legacy across a range of areas including public policy, broadcast media, film, poetry, architectural design, political cartoons and literature.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Originally published in: 2010.
Carrier Form: 264 p. : 6 b&w, ill., 6.
ISBN: 9780230233317
9780230283169 :
0230283160 :
CLC: K561.5
Contents: Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors 'The Lady's Not For Turning': New Cultural Perspectives on Thatcher and Thatcherism-- L.Hadley & E.Ho PART I: THATCHER 'There Is No Such Thing!': On Public Service, Broadcasting, The National Health Service and 'People' in the 1980s-- P.Holland & G.Eglezou 'New Times' Television?: Channel 4 and My Beautiful Laundrette-- A.Beaumont The Gospel of Gandhi: Whiteness and State Narcissism in Thatcherite England-- J.Mezey Rural Heritage and Colonial Nostalgia in the Thatcher Years: V. S. Naipaul's The Enigma of Arrival-- L.Loh There's No Place like Home: Margaret Thatcher at Number 10 Downing Street-- K.A.Morrison PART II: AFTER Shameless?: Picturing the 'Underclass' after Thatcherism-- H.Nunn & A.Biressi Carving Up Value: The Tragicomic Thatcher Years in Jonathan Coe-- R.Trimm Let's Dance: The Line of Beauty and the Revenant Figure of Thatcher-- K.Duff Sarah Kane: Cool Britannia's Reluctant Feminist-- G.Saunders Parodic Reiterations: Representations of Margaret Thatcher and Thatcherism in Late Twentieth-Century British Political Cartoons-- H.Joyce Notes Index.

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