Talking of the Royal Family

Prof Michael Billig, Michael Billig (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

264 Seiten

1991
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-06746-1 (ISBN)

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Important themes and issues flow through the seemingly trivial chatter about royalty. This book was the first serious study of royalty to emerge from this rhetorical perspective and now with a new preface, remains relevant today.

To talk about royalty is to talk of many things: privilege, equality, nationality, morality, family life, parenting, divorce, the media and more. Important themes and issues flow through the seemingly trivial everyday chatter about royalty.
Now with a new preface, Talking of the Royal Family was the first serious full-length study of royalty to emerge from this rhetorical perspective and remains relevant today.

Prof Michael Billig, Michael Billig

Preface, Preface to the reissue, Acknowledgements, 1 INTRODUCTION: THE PROBLEM OF MONARCHY, 2 THE ENVY OF THE WORLD, 3 THE CONTINUING MYSTERY, 4 IDENTIFYING WITH ‘THEM’, 5 SETTLING ACCOUNTS, 6 DESIRE, DENIAL AND THE PRESS, 7 A WOMAN’S REALM, 8 THE HERITAGE OF THE FUTURE, Appendix, References, Name index, Subject index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.11.1991
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-415-06746-4 / 0415067464
ISBN-13	978-0-415-06746-1 / 9780415067461
Zustand	Neuware