The Royal wedding as public ritual
April 29, 2011 9:15 AM   Subscribe

Time to dust off you copy of Hodge and Kress's "Social Semiotics", pages 72-73 "Ritual Space and Time" are a reading of the 1981 Royal of Charles and Diana (sorry, these pages are unavailable on google books). The authors discuss the contrast of the participants. For the common person witnessing the event they are separated physically, and by the rituals available to them marked by the use of kitschy tokens. The "invited" participants are marked by their dress code and access to the wedding ceremony. Ironically, television allows the home viewer a more intimate level of participation than the invited guests providing televised images from outside and inside, commentary, and a sense of intimacy that even "invited" participants--excepting the bride and groom--experience only at a distance.

Its not all paper flags and masks for the crowds as the festivities become a carnival o-fun.
posted by xtian (7 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: appreciate the effort but this may be something that needs more than five jpgs and find a way to link to stuff that's on the web. -- jessamyn



 
oops, Royal of Charles and Diana = Royal Wedding of Charles and Diana
posted by xtian at 9:17 AM on April 29, 2011


Time to dust off you copy of the posting guidelines.
posted by RogerB at 9:23 AM on April 29, 2011 [1 favorite]


Cowboy hats? That's... unexpected.
posted by boo_radley at 9:28 AM on April 29, 2011


F-four jpegs? And a recommendation to go find a copy of a book somewhere?
posted by shakespeherian at 9:29 AM on April 29, 2011


Where's the beef?
posted by humboldt32 at 9:29 AM on April 29, 2011


I wish I could sic Donald Trump on the House of Windsor.
posted by kuatto at 9:31 AM on April 29, 2011


I like to watch.
posted by Meatbomb at 9:31 AM on April 29, 2011


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