Abstract
This article uses 21 in-depth interviews with viewers of the British soap opera EastEnders to investigate the extent to which it can be described, in particular through its handling of social issues, as a site of cultural citizenship and, via the concept of public service, of resistance to the current neoliberal hegemony. The article’s analysis of viewers’ talk confirms previous claims that EastEnders mobilises a nostalgic sense of community with which viewers identify, and goes on to argue that this is in fact a cultural expression of a social-democratic
worldview which has lost its once-hegemonic position.
worldview which has lost its once-hegemonic position.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 58-76 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | European Journal of Cultural Studies |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Keywords
- EastEnders
- cultural citizenship
- public service
- public sphere
- neoliberalism
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)