Thatcher & After: Margaret Thatcher and Her Afterlife in Contemporary Culture Book

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Notes on Contributors

Introduction, "The Lady's Not For Turning": New Cultural Perspectives on Thatcher and Thatcherism 1

Part I Thatcher Elizabeth Ho Ho, Elizabeth

1 "There is no such thing!": On Public Service, Broadcasting, the National Health Service and "people" in the 1980's Elizabeth Ho Ho, Elizabeth 29

2 "New Times" Television?: Channel 4 and My Beautiful Laundrette Georgia Eglezou Eglezou, Georgia 53

3 The Gospel of Gandhi: Whiteness and State Narcissism in Thatcherite England Alex Beaumont Beaumont, Alex 75

4 Rural Heritage and Colonial Nostalgia in the Thatcher Years: V.S. Naipaul's The Enigma of Arrival Jason Mezey Mezey, Jason 96

5 There's No Place like Home: Margaret Thatcher at Number 10 Downing Street Lucienne Loh Loh, Lucienne 115

Part II After Kevin A. Morrison Morrison, Kevin A.

6 Shameless?: Picturing the "underclass" after Thatcherism Kevin A. Morrison Morrison, Kevin A. 137

7 Carving Up Value: The Tragicomic Thatcher Years in Jonathan Coe Anita Biressi Biressi, Anita 158

8 Let's Dance: The Line of Beauty and the Revenant Figure of Thatcher Ryan Trimm Trimm, Ryan 180

9 Sarah Kane: Cool Britannia's Reluctant Feminist Kim Duff Duff, Kim 199

10 Parodic Reiterations: Representations of Margaret Thatcher and Thatcherism in Late Twentieth-Century British Political Cartoons Graham Saunders Saunders, Graham 221

Index Heather Joyce Joyce, Heather 244