Downton Abbey: Politics of Nostalgia, Neoliberalism, and Empire

This book examines Downton Abbey's dramatic narrative and visual aesthetics to interrogate centrality of power and privilege in narrative structuring and to understand audiences' uncritical acceptance of a hierarchical universe, even as social and economic inequalities continue to run rampant.


Combining textual analysis with audience research and focusing primarily on audiences in the United States and India – both former British colonies – Khan poses critical questions surrounding the mean...