Download or read book Diana, A Cultural History written by J. Davies and published by Springer. This book was released on 2001-06-11 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book intervenes in debates over the significance of Diana, Princess of Wales by offering a critical account of her media iconicity from 1981 to the present. It outlines the historical development of representations of Diana, analysing the ways in which the Princess has been understood via discourses of gender, sexuality, race, economic class, the royal, national identity, and the human. The book then goes on to assess the issues at stake in debates over the 'meaning' of Diana, such as the gender politics of cultural icon-making and deconstruction, and conflicting notions of cultural value.