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Tabloid Britain : Constructing a Community Through Language.

By: Material type: TextCopyright date: ©2005Publisher: London : Taylor & Francis Group, 2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (240 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780203001738
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 072/.09/04
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Contents:
Intro -- Half Title: Tabloid Britain -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 When did the populars become tabloid? -- 2 The rhetorical patterns of tabloid language -- 3 The semantics and narratives of nation -- 4 Tabloid history -- 5 Outsiders and the national community of readers -- 6 Gender and sexuality in tabloid Britain -- 7 Popular politics in a national context -- 8 Celebrity and national community -- 9 'Tabloidization' - global formats, national contents -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Tabloid Britain examines four popular tabloid newspapers and uncovers the variety of linguistic strategies they use to depict contemporary Britain.  Martin Conboy considers how this imaginary community of the British nation is drawn through themes such as 'outsiders' and  'insiders', women, celebrity, history and politics.
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Intro -- Half Title: Tabloid Britain -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 When did the populars become tabloid? -- 2 The rhetorical patterns of tabloid language -- 3 The semantics and narratives of nation -- 4 Tabloid history -- 5 Outsiders and the national community of readers -- 6 Gender and sexuality in tabloid Britain -- 7 Popular politics in a national context -- 8 Celebrity and national community -- 9 'Tabloidization' - global formats, national contents -- Bibliography -- Index.

Tabloid Britain examines four popular tabloid newspapers and uncovers the variety of linguistic strategies they use to depict contemporary Britain.  Martin Conboy considers how this imaginary community of the British nation is drawn through themes such as 'outsiders' and  'insiders', women, celebrity, history and politics.

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