the madonna redux phenomenon
- Categories
- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Journal of International Women's Studies
- Magazine Year
- 2003
- Magazine Number
- 2
- Creator
- Denney, Colleen
- Thesaurus
- vorstenhuizen, moederschap, vrouwbeelden, vrouwelijkheid, onderzoek
- Description
- Colleen Denney, associated professor of Art History at Wyoming University, investigates how images of Diana, Princess of Wales, partake in Victorian femininity that uphold the sacred cult of motherhood and examines the cultural metaphors of nurturance 'the Madonna redux' phenomenon in images of the princess and in her predecessor Princess Alexandra, as mother. The author argues that images of royal motherhood are staged affairs, constructed and performed as part of the Princess' main roles as dutiful and loving mother.