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1. Inheriting a dynasty: Family succession dramas and the moral economy of Downton Abbey 2023

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   Kuusela, Hanna

   European Journal Of Cultural Studies.

   The role of inherited or family wealth in reproducing and even exacerbating wealth inequalities has been addressed in various studies in recent years. Bringing together representation studies with ... Read more

   The role of inherited or family wealth in reproducing and even exacerbating wealth inequalities has been addressed in various studies in recent years. Bringing together representation studies with studies on cultural and moral economies, this article analyses how cultural norms indispensable to the preservation of dynastic wealth are negotiated through contemporary popular culture and television series. It introduces the concept of family succession drama, referring to television fiction that focuses on issues concerning intergenerational transmission of wealth and/or privileges and analyses the series Downton Abbey as a case study for interrogating the ambiguous affirmation of inherited wealth and dynastic privileges in a historical melodrama. By focusing on Downton Abbey, the article considers how hereditary rights and dynastic privileges are negotiated in a heritage drama in ways that also enable the legitimation of contemporary dynasty-making. While acknowledging the anxieties caused by class differences, Downton Abbey nevertheless affirms the necessity for various hereditary privileges and fortunes, thereby excluding any true alternatives for (contemporary) dynastic dynamics. Read less

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2. To Plant Me in Mine Own Inheritance 2018

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   Nicosia, Marissa

   Studies In Philology, Vol. 115, Issue 3, pp. 580 - 597.

   This article investigates John Ford’s use of mixed temporality to stage succession in Perkin Warbeck. Although Perkin aspires to be planted in his “own inheritance” and ascend to the throne, Ford’s... Read more

   This article investigates John Ford’s use of mixed temporality to stage succession in Perkin Warbeck. Although Perkin aspires to be planted in his “own inheritance” and ascend to the throne, Ford’s play first entertains and then dismisses the aspirations of this pretender. I argue that Ford’s pretender plot is equally about the past and the future. The play represents both history as it unfolded and the possible counterfactual projected by Perkin’s desired succession. I show that Ford’s Perkin Warbeck, instead of revealing the limits of the history play, celebrates the affordances of the genre. These brief, dramatized chronicles bring pasts, presents, and futures to life on the stage. Read less

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3. Leadership Succession and the High Drama of Political Conduct: Corruption Stories from Samoa 2014

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   Corbett, Jack; Shiu, Roannie Ng

   Pacific Affairs, Vol. 87, Issue 4, pp. 743 - 763.

   Politicians in the Pacific Islands are regularly accused of corruption and yet, paradoxically, they also tend to be the most vocal public commentators when incidents of misconduct arise, with accus... Read more

   Politicians in the Pacific Islands are regularly accused of corruption and yet, paradoxically, they also tend to be the most vocal public commentators when incidents of misconduct arise, with accusation and counter-accusation all part of the political theatre. Given their central role in these debates, we ask how politicians interpret political conduct. Based on interviews and public comments, we explore the meanings and beliefs that politicians in Samoa ascribe to three interrelated cases where the actions of their colleagues are under scrutiny. We find a series of divergent and conflicting views. We add to the literature on corruption, both in the Pacific and more generally, by showing how questions about conduct not only vary according to context but are invariably rooted in the cut and thrust of everyday politics, which in this case is dominated by the question of leadership succession. Read less

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