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discussion of the immensity of popular response & grief at the death of Diana, a UK 'royal'. An engagement with media coverage leading up to the event. Also looks at global dimension & the profane popular cultural forms in which mourning is worked thru - jokes, conspiracy theories, songs, drinking mugs. Scholarly analysis with its heart in the right place. The many contruibutors include Helen Grace, Cathy Lumby Sara Knox, Zoe Sofoulis, Sally Begbie, Annie Bickford, Jean Duruz & Carol Johnson. |