Tatler's Irony Conspicuous Consumption, Inconspicuous Power and Social Change /

• Main Author: McNamara, Sallie (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Ethnology-Europe.; Great Britain-Politics and government.; Journalism.; Communication.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; British Culture.; British Politics.; Media and Communication.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.

This book discusses Tatler, a monthly glossy magazine aimed at the wealthiest groups in British society, to consider how it addresses social change. The volume addresses specifically the period from 1997, the year New Labour was elected under Tony Blair, up to 2010, when the Conservative party and D...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: History, Class and Context
• Tatler, The Gossiping Glossy?
• In with the In-Crowd?
• Posh Sex?: Gender and Sexuality
• Boom and Bust
• Conclusion: Shifting Boundaries and Social Change.