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Edwardiańskie gorsety na nowe czasy. W gościnie w Downton Abbey

Publication date: 29.06.2016

Media Research Issues, 2016, Volume 59, Issue 1 (225), pp. 108 - 122

https://doi.org/10.4467/2299-6362PZ.16.008.5185

Authors

Dorota Babilas
University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 30, 00-927 Warszawa, Poland
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Edwardiańskie gorsety na nowe czasy. W gościnie w Downton Abbey

Abstract

Edwardian Corsets for the New Times. Welcome to “Downton Abbey”


“Downton Abbey” tv series, which has broken popularity records and earned much acclaim has recently come to an end. The article aims to explore to what extent the antiquarian form and the conservative content of the series continues in the tradition of heritage movies, or else it offers a post-heritage escapist fantasy more firmly inbedded in the commercialised reality of corporate entertainment. It also attempts to pinpoint the relationships of the tv series to the wider popcultural trend of the Victorian and Edwardian nostalgia.

 

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Information

Information: Media Research Issues, 2016, Volume 59, Issue 1 (225), pp. 108 - 122

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:

Edwardiańskie gorsety na nowe czasy. W gościnie w Downton Abbey

English:

Edwardian Corsets for the New Times. Welcome to “Downton Abbey”

Authors

University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 30, 00-927 Warszawa, Poland

Published at: 29.06.2016

Article status: Open

Licence: None

Percentage share of authors:

Dorota Babilas (Author) - 100%

Article corrections:

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Publication languages:

Polish