9 Dead Gay Guys
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Doomsday
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film narratology
political cinemas
queer cinema
Sherlock
Social realism
The Iron Lady
This is England
trauma
Product details
- ISBN 9781526181237
- Weight: 644g
- Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 12 May 2026
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Against the backdrop of Britain’s historically anti-Thatcherite films of the 1980s and 1990s, Reframing Margaret Thatcher outlines a decisive shift in the collective imagination of Thatcher. Drawing on genre theory, trauma and queer studies, it demonstrates how post-Thatcherite films reflect upon their own entanglement in the polarization of the Thatcher years but also rewrite the clichéd Iron Lady. Chapters on The Iron Lady, This is England, Doomsday, 9 Dead Gay Guys, and the Sherlock TV series investigate various Thatcher imaginations, ranging from Thatcher as a lesbian mob boss, as prime minister in apocalyptic England, to Thatcher as an empty bust. This innovative study shows how the apparent depoliticization of British film makes visible new relations between genre, cinematic form, and imaginations of the past and offers fresh perspectives that both critique and reinterpret Thatcher’s enduring impact.
Felipe Espinoza Garrido is a Senior Lecturer in English, Postcolonial and Media Studies at the University of Münster
