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Genre/Form: | Biography Biographies History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Taylor, John A., 1942- Diana, self-interest, and British national identity. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2000 (OCoLC)606346449 |
Named Person: | Diana, Princess of Wales; Diana, Princess of Wales; Prinzessin) Diana (Wales |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
John A Taylor |
ISBN: | 027596826X 9780275968267 |
OCLC Number: | 42935749 |
Description: | x, 168 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents: | Diana's Funeral and British Values -- Diana's Funeral and Fairy Tales -- Identity Crisis -- Diana's 1992 Provocation: The Hostility of Courtiers -- Values and National Identity -- Monarchy: A Symbol of Equilibrium -- The Royal Court, Households, and Shifts in Values -- The Diana Effect -- Diana and Consumer Culture -- Conclusion: Guilt, Shame, and Magnificence. |
Responsibility: | John A. Taylor. |
Abstract:
Seeking an explanation for this affinity, Taylor argues that, during Diana's brief time in the world spotlight, Britain underwent a change in values and a shift in national identity from a system based almost exclusively on household and family values to one more accepting of individual autonomy and self-interest.
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