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

Edwardiańskie gorsety na nowe czasy. W gościnie w Downton Abbey
Edwardian Corsets for the New Times. Welcome to “Downton Abbey”

Author(s): Dorota Babilas
Subject(s): Museology & Heritage Studies, Media studies, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Present Times (2010 - today), Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: historical tv series; heritage film; post- victorianism; conservatism; nostalgia;

Summary/Abstract: “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 in bedded 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.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 1 (225)
  • Page Range: 108 - 122
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish