Bowman Marion: The people’s princess : vernacular religion and politics in the mourning for Diana. In: Politics and folk religion, (6). pp. 37-49. (2001)
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Abstract
The death of Diana, Princess of Wales, on August 31st 1997, led to extraordinary activity by millions of people as they reacted to the news in unexpected and seemingly unprecedented ways. Among the most fascinating phenomena were the many notes which were left for, about and to Diana, at the many ‘shrines’ which sprang up around Britain. This paper will explore the multivalent nature of these notes - the extent to which they reflected folk belief about sainthood, heaven and divinity; the extent to which they were political comment veiled in the conventions of mourning; the extent to which they were either magnifications of common vernacular practice or a new development within it. These remarkable documents were both personal and communal, public and private; it could be argued that they give a unique insight into popular religiosity in Britain at the turn of the Millennium.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
|---|---|
| Journal or Publication Title: | Politics and folk religion |
| Date: | 2001 |
| Volume: | 6 |
| ISSN: | 1419-1288 |
| ISBN: | 963 482 400 5 |
| Page Range: | pp. 37-49 |
| Series Name: | Szegedi vallási néprajzi könyvtár |
| Language: | English |
| Event Title: | Symposium of SIEF Commission of folk religion (3.) (1999) (Szeged) |
| Related URLs: | http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/69832/ |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Vallásosság - 20. sz., Valláspolitika - 20. sz., Népi vallásosság |
| Additional Information: | Bibliogr.: 49. p. ; ill. ; összefoglalás angol nyelven |
| Subjects: | 06. Humanities 06. Humanities > 06.03. Philosophy, ethics and religion |
| Date Deposited: | 2020. Sep. 11. 10:36 |
| Last Modified: | 2022. Feb. 03. 09:15 |
| URI: | http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/id/eprint/69999 |
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