300 Pages
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Routledge
300 Pages
by
Routledge
300 Pages
by
Routledge
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The unexpected death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in Paris on August 31st 1997 led to a period of mourning over the next week that took the world by surprise. Major institutions - the media, the royal family, the church, the police - for once had no pre-planned script. For the public, this was a story with an ending they had not anticipated. How did these institutions and the public create a... Read more
List of illustrations, Notes on Contributors, Preface, Part 1: Introduction, 1. The Week of Mourning Douglas Davies, 2. The Questions People Asked, Part 2: Contexts and Comments, 3. Royalty and Public Grief in Britain: an Historical Perspective 1817-1997, 4. The Moving Power of Moving Images: Television Constructions of Princess Diana, 5. The Children's Princess, 6. A Nation Under Stress: the Psychological Impact of Diana's Death, 7. Secular Religion and the Public Response to Diana's Death, Part 3: London, 8. Kensington Gardens: From Royal Park to Temporary Cemetery, 9. Pilgrims and Shrines, 10. A Bridge of Flowers, 11. Policing the Funeral, 12. Liturgy and Music, Part 4: The Global and the Provincial, 13. Books of Condolence, 14. A Provincial City Shows Respect: Shopping and Mourning in Bath, 15. America Responds to Diana's Death: Spontaneous Memorials, 16. An American Paean for Diana, an Unlikely Feminist Hero, 17. Jokes on the Death of Diana, Part 5: Conclusion, 18. And the Consequence Was, Index
Biography
Tony Walter University of Reading
