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Diana, the making of a media saint / edited by Jeffrey Richards, Scott Wilson and Linda Woodhead

Richards, Jeffrey,i1945- ; Wilson, Scott,i1962- ; Woodhead, Linda

London : I.B. Tauris, 1999

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (182 pages) : Illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

1-86064-388-4 ; 978-1-86064-388-0 ; 1-4175-6723-6 ; 978-1-4175-6723-2 ; 1-282-52802-5 ; 978-1-282-52802-4 ; 978-0-85771-208-0 ; 0-85771-208-X ; 978-1-86064-388-0

"In conventional Christian terms, Diana was of course no saint. Yet Diana's status as an icon, before and especially after her tragic death, resonates beatitude. In this thoughtful, illuminating work, cultural critics across disciplines take Diana's 'sainthood' as their motif and explore the nature and source of her iconic role." "Diana, it is argued, attained her popular saintly status because she seemed to represent and enshrine values with which huge numbers were able to sympathise. The contributors identify and examine Diana's sainthood, with all its attendant controversies and contradictions." --Book Jacket.