This book intervenes in debates over the significance of Diana, Princess
of Wales by offering a critical account of her media iconicity from 1981
to the present. It outlines the historical development of
representations of Diana, analysing the ways in which the Princess has
been understood via discourses of gender, sexuality, race, economic
class, the royal, national identity, and the human. The book then goes
on to assess the issues at stake in debates over the 'meaning' of Diana,
such as the gender politics of cultural icon-making and deconstruction,
and conflicting notions of cultural value.