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Realms of royalty : new directions in researching contemporary European monarchies /

Monarchies are constantly adapting to the challenges of contemporary society - consequently, research on monarchies has to adapt as well. This collection introduces new directions in researching contemporary European monarchies by suggesting theoretical approaches to recent developments (e.g., pop c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Jordan, Christina (Editor ), Polland-Schmandt, Imke (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcript, 2020.
Colección:Edition Kulturwissenschaft ; 52
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Mapping New Realms in the Study of Contemporary European Monarchies
  • "We'll Never be Royals"
  • or Will We? Exploring Meghan Markle's Impact on the British Royal Family Brand
  • Your Media Majesty: Three Kings and Radio in the Inter-War Years
  • European Royals and their Colonial Realms: Honors and Decorations
  • Between Politics and Dynastic Survival: 19th-Century Monarchy in Post-Revolutionary Europe (1815-1918)
  • Who's Queen? Elizabeth I in Contemporary Culture
  • "Empires of all kinds collapse, but the fake tsars, they last forever." Modern and Contemporary Memories of Tsar Šćepan Mali (1767-1773)
  • Long May He (Not) Reign? Literary Depictions of a 'Meddling' Future Monarch. Prince Charles in Mike Bartlett's Play King Charles III (2014) and in Catherine Mayer's Biography Charles: The Heart of a King (2015)
  • Gendered Strategies of Power: Queen Elizabeth II as a Politician in the Plays The Audience (2015 [2013]) and Handbagged (2013)
  • The (In)Significance of Queen Victoria in Neo-Victorian Comics
  • Monarchy and the Alien: Three Queens as Sites of Memory in Doctor Who
  • 'Party at the Palace': Popular Cultural Celebrations in the Context of Queen Elizabeth II's Golden and Diamond Jubilee
  • Afterword: The British Monarchy and Brexit
  • Authors