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Book SynopsisThe first substantial interdisciplinary, cross-genre critique of Margaret Thatcher and her cultural 'afterlife', exploring Thatcher's legacy across a range of areas including public policy, broadcast media, film, poetry, architectural design, political cartoons and literature.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Notes on Contributors 'The Lady's Not For Turning': New Cultural Perspectives on Thatcher and Thatcherism; L.Hadley & E.Ho PART I: THATCHER 'There Is No Such Thing!': On Public Service, Broadcasting, The National Health Service and 'People' in the 1980s; P.Holland & G.Eglezou 'New Times' Television?: Channel 4 and My Beautiful Laundrette ; A.Beaumont The Gospel of Gandhi : Whiteness and State Narcissism in Thatcherite England; J.Mezey Rural Heritage and Colonial Nostalgia in the Thatcher Years: V. S. Naipaul's The Enigma of Arrival ; L.Loh There's No Place like Home: Margaret Thatcher at Number 10 Downing Street; K.A.Morrison PART II: AFTER Shameless?: Picturing the 'Underclass' after Thatcherism; H.Nunn & A.Biressi Carving Up Value: The Tragicomic Thatcher Years in Jonathan Coe; R.Trimm Let's Dance: The Line of Beauty and the Revenant Figure of Thatcher; K.Duff Sarah Kane: Cool Britannia's Reluctant Feminist; G.Saunders Parodic Reiterations: Representations of Margaret Thatcher and Thatcherism in Late Twentieth-Century British Political Cartoons; H.Joyce Notes Index
