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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Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230283169 |
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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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Electronic book text. Originally published in: 2010. |
Carrier Form: | 264 p. : 6 b&w, ill., 6. |
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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. |