Diana and Beyond: White Femininity, National Identity, and Contemporary Media Culture

by Raka Shome

Book Overview

The death of Princess Diana unleashed an international outpouring of grief, love, and press attention virtually unprecedented in history. Yet the exhaustive effort to link an upper class white British woman with "the people" raises questions. What narrative of white femininity transformed Diana into a simultaneous signifier of a national and global popular? What ideologies did the narrative tap into to transform her into an idealized woman of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252080300
• ISBN13: 9780252080302
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"