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The new Elizabethan age : culture, society and national identity after World War II
Taking strength from the Coronation of a new young Queen named Elizabeth, the New Elizabethanism of the 1950s heralded a nation that would now see its 'modern', televised monarch preside over an imminently glorious and artistic age. With contributions from leading cultural practitioners and scholars, this book contemplates the influence of New Elizabethanism from the Coronation festivities to the reinterment of Richard III in 2015, from the ascent of Everest on the eve of the Coronation to the investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales, from the institutionalization of the National Theatre to the Olympics of 2012. In so doing, it exposes the significance of an overlooked cultural nationalism that continues to dominate contemporary constructions of modern national identity, history and performance.
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Mrs Queen takes the train : a novel
\"An absolute delight of a debut novel by William Kuhn author of Reading Jackie: Her Autobiography in Books Mrs Queen Takes the Train wittily imagines the kerfuffle that transpires when a bored Queen Elizabeth strolls out of the palace in search of a little fun, leaving behind a desperate team of courtiers who must find the missing Windsor before a national scandal erupts. Reminiscent of Alan Bennett s The Uncommon Reader, this lively, wonderfully inventive romp takes readers into the mind of the grand matriarch of Britain s Royal Family, bringing us an endearing runaway Queen Elizabeth on the town and leading us behind the Buckingham Palace walls and into the upstairs/downstairs spaces of England s monarchy.\"--Provided by publisher.
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Queen Elizabeth II : a potrait of her 70 year reign
This is the story of a life dedicated to public service, reported by The Times as it unfolded. From her time as a young princess to that as an internationally admired head of state, Queen Elizabeth has always fascinated and intrigued. Discover insights and memories, and see a changing society reflected in reporting from throughout the 70-year reign of Britain's longest serving monarch.
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ONLINE RACIALIZATION AND THE MYTH OF COLORBLIND CONTENT POLICY
This Article presents a critical analysis of social media content moderation, arguing colorblind policies obscure and legitimize systems of white supremacy. Through facially neutral content policies, social media plaforms conceal deliberate choices that align racial benefits and burdens with corporate interests. These choices connect the profitability of racism, the regulatory benefit of protecting politicians who trade in bigotry, and the racial biases that inform how plaforms conceptualize the harms of online speech. The resulting content policies reinforce a hierarchical structure that upholds the dominant social, political, and economic advantages attendant to whiteness. As the primary document governing millions of daily decisions regarding online speech, content policy has the unprecedented ability to shape global norms. Although social media companies purport to treat all groups equally, colorblind content policy protects white bigotry while suppressing antiracist and anticolonial resistance. Dominant racial groups are granted extensive latitude of expression, encompassing everything from racial dog whistles to explicitly racist harassment campaigns. Under the guise of protecting humor or political debate, social media companies foster white vigilantism and authoritarian incitement. In contrast, communities of color are policed as dangerous, violent, and uncivilized. Colorblind hate speech rules restrict the ability of marginalized groups to explicitly denounce white racism, while racialized enforcement of violent extremism policy broadly suppresses political debate and sacrifices everything, from satire to journalism, in the name of public safety. Understanding the asymmetry inherent in content moderation requires an engagement with the history and logics of racism. The illusion of colorblind content policy reinforces racial hierarchies by making them appear natural and inevitable. This Article challenges the discriminatory structure of colorblind content policy and advocates for an alternate approach that incorporates the race-conscious moderation necessary to foster full participation in modern society.
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Queen Elizabeth II
Readers will find out how a strange twist of events changed the line of succession in the British royal family, putting Elizabeth in line for the throne. They will also find out what Elizabeths early life was like and how the United Kingdom has changed under her rule.
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