Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Tatler's Irony

Conspicuous Consumption, Inconspicuous Power and Social Change

  • Book
  • © 2018

Overview

Authors:
  1. Sallie McNamara

    1. School of Art, Design and Fashion, Solent University, Southampton, United Kingdom

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  • Investigates Tatler's role in disseminating ideas of social change
  • Shows how humour plays an important part in the magazine’s identity
  • Analyses Tatler's features, fashion, social calendar and arts coverage

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 44.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 59.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Introduction: History, Class, and Context

    • Sallie McNamara
    Pages 1-16

  3. Tatler, the Gossiping Glossy

    • Sallie McNamara
    Pages 17-44

  4. In with the In-Crowd?

    • Sallie McNamara
    Pages 45-71

  5. Posh Sex: Gender and Sexuality

    • Sallie McNamara
    Pages 73-100

  6. Boom and Bust

    • Sallie McNamara
    Pages 101-129

  7. Conclusion: Shifting Boundaries and Social Change

    • Sallie McNamara
    Pages 131-137

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 139-145
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

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 David Cameron came in to power. Sallie McNamara scrutinizes how the magazine negotiates ideas of ‘Britishness’, class, gender and national identity in a changing social, political, economic and cultural climate. Additionally, she explores the magazine’s humorous approach, and looks at how that distinctive address can potentially lead to misinterpretation. The British class system has seen many challenges over the period of the magazine’s history, and this study expertly grapples with exactly how Tatler has maintained its audience in a continually changing social environment.



Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Art, Design and Fashion, Solent University, Southampton, United Kingdom

    Sallie McNamara

About the author

Sallie McNamara is Senior Lecturer at Southampton Solent University, UK. 

Bibliographic Information

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation