{"product_id":"mass-observing-the-coronation-of-charles-iii-monarchy-spectacle-and-experience-hardcover","title":"Mass Observing the Coronation of Charles III: Monarchy, Spectacle and Experience - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJennifer J. Purcell\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLucy D. Curzon\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eFiona Courage\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMass Observing the Coronation of Charles III\u003c\/i\u003eexamines the activities and opinions of Mass Observers who experienced the first British coronation in 70 years, as well as the findings of Mass Observation investigators in several locations in the UK (including London) during the May 6th 2023 coronation weekend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Reports and photographs by mobile observers, as well as MO panelists' pre-coronation writings and day diaries for May 6th demonstrate the ways in which people think about and engage with contemporary monarchy in practice and concept. Following in the footsteps of the original 1937 Mass-Observation coronation publication, \u003ci\u003eMass Observing the Coronation of Charles III\u003c\/i\u003ealso charts social and cultural continuity and change over time, including the traditions of the ceremony itself and new events such as the Big Help Out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer J. Purcell \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of History at Saint Michael's College in Vermont, USA. Using Mass-Observation diaries and directives, her first book, \u003ci\u003e Domestic Soldiers \u003c\/i\u003e(2010), seeks to understand the day-to-day lives of six women on the home front during the Second World War. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eMother of the BBC: Mabel Constanduros and the Development of Light Entertainment on the BBC, 1925-1957\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2020) and editor of \u003ci\u003eMass Observation: Text, Context and Analysis of the Pioneering Pamphlet and Movement\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2023) and \u003ci\u003eReflections on British Royalty: Mass Observation and the Monarchy, 1937-2022\u003c\/i\u003e (with Fiona Courage; Bloomsbury, 2024).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lucy D. Curzon \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History at the University of Alabama, USA. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eVisual Culture and Mass Observation: Depicting Everyday Lives\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), which was awarded the Historians of British Art Book Prize for a single-authored book with a subject after 1800. With Ben Jones, she co-edited \u003ci\u003eThe Historical Contexts and Contemporary Uses of Mass Observation: 1930s to the Present \u003c\/i\u003e(2025). She has previously published work on contemporary queer portrait painting and photography, British women war artists, the Ashington Group and Humphrey Spender. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eFiona Courage\u003c\/b\u003e is Head of Collections and Academic Services \u0026amp; Curator of the Mass Observation Archive at the University of Sussex, UK. Her publications include 'Recipes for co-production with children and young people' in \u003ci\u003eTime, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTechnology and Documentation in a Digital Age \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury, 2018; with Liam Berriman and Kate Howland) and 'Mass Observing Sport' in \u003ci\u003eRecording Leisure Lives: sports, spectacles and spectators in 20th century Britain\u003c\/i\u003e (2013; with Jessica Scantlebury).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 22, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53641481322829,"sku":"9781350441781","price":189.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/vIl1rgbHHQ9781350441781.webp?v=1775098226","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/mass-observing-the-coronation-of-charles-iii-monarchy-spectacle-and-experience-hardcover","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}