Responding to Margaret Thatcher's Death

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Introduction

   • Louisa Hadley

   Pages 1-19

3. Anticipating Thatcher’s Death

   • Louisa Hadley

   Pages 20-34

4. Political Responses to Thatcher’s Death

   • Louisa Hadley

   Pages 35-49

5. Social Media Responses to Thatcher’s Death

   • Louisa Hadley

   Pages 50-61

6. Obituaries of Margaret Thatcher

   • Louisa Hadley

   Pages 62-72

7. Picturing Thatcher

   • Louisa Hadley

   Pages 73-82

8. “A Proper Send-Off” for Thatcher

   • Louisa Hadley

   Pages 83-94

9. Conclusion

   • Louisa Hadley

   Pages 95-98

10. Back Matter

    Pages 99-112

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Louisa Hadley examines the range of responses to Margaret Thatcher's death in relation to the cultural discourses surrounding Thatcher in the 1980s and since her resignation. The responses examined include the anticipation of Thatcher's death in anti-Thatcher songs, social media responses, obituaries, picture tributes and the ceremonial funeral.

• Margaret Thatcher
• Protest songs
• Politics
• Obituaries
• Gender
• Social Media
• bibliography
• death
• discourse
• media
• social media
• Thatcher
• British Politics

• Dawson College, Canada

  Louisa Hadley

Louisa Hadley has taught at universities and colleges in both the UK and Canada. She currently teaches literature courses at Dawson College in Montreal. She is the author of Neo-Victorian Fiction and Historical Narrative: The Victorians and Us (2010) and co-editor of Thatcher & After: Margaret Thatcher and her Afterlife in Contemporary Culture (2010).

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