Media, monarchy and power

by Blain, Neil

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Title Statements

Full title :Media, monarchy and power / Neil Blain and Hugh O'Donnell.

Summary

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 from press and television in Europe and the UK support a theoretical account of the operation of monarchy and royalty in the media. Central to the concerns of Media, Monarchy and Power are the complex relationship between Britain and Europe and the limits of British political modernization.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2003.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Intellect
Place of Publication:Bristol, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:2003.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (v, 216 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1841508772, 9781841508771, 1280476540, 9781280476549, 6610476543, 9786610476541
oclc:ocm52044989
LC Classification:JC375
Dewey Decimal:305.5/222

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.

Subjects

Berichterstattung État et presse -- Pays de l'Union europ… Europa Europe Invloed mass media Mass media -- Europe Massamedia Médias -- Europe Médias -- Influence Monarchie Monarchie -- Dans les médias Monarchie -- Dans les médias -- Pays de… Monarchie -- Europe Monarchy Monarchy -- Europe Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) -- Europe Power (Social sciences) Power (Social sciences) -- Europe Presse