附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-205) and index.
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.
摘要: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.
