Talking of the Royal Family

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.

Informationen zum Autor Prof Michael Billig, Michael Billig Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

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Prof Michael Billig, Michael Billig

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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.

Inhalt
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