ISBN:
9781317691464
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9781138022942
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9781315776774
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (348 pages)
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5 illustrations
Edition:
First edition
Edition:
Also available in print format
Series Statement:
Routledge International Handbooks
Parallel Title:
Print version
DDC:
305.5/23
Keywords:
Celebrities in popular culture
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Fame Handbooks, manuals, etc Social aspects
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Fame Social aspects
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Popular culture Handbooks, manuals, etc Social aspects
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Popular culture Social aspects
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Celebrities in popular culture Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Electronic books
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Sozialpsychologie
;
Identität
Abstract:
Ours is the age of celebrity. An inescapable aspect of daily life in our media-saturated societies of the twenty-first century, celebrity is celebrated for its infinite plasticity and glossy seductions. But there is also a darker side. Celebrity culture is littered from end to end with addictions, pathologies, neuroses, even suicides. Why, as a society, are we held in thrall to celebrity? What is the power of celebrity in a world of increasing consumerism, individualism and globalization?
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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part I Theories and Concepts of Celebrity -- ; chapter 1 Celebrity and contemporary culture -- ; A critical analysis of some theoretical accounts
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chapter 2 Celebrity s histories
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chapter 3 Celebrity in the contemporary era
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chapter 4 Postmodern theories of celebrity
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chapter 5 Cultural studies and the politics of celebrity -- ; From powerless elite to celebristardom
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chapter 6 Celebrity and religion
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part II The Culture of Celebrity -- ; chapter 7 The death of celebrity -- ; Global grief, manufactured mourning
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chapter 8 Soap stars
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chapter 9 Celebrity, fans and fandom
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chapter 10 Celebrity in the social media age -- ; Renegotiating the public and the private
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part III Non-Western Celebrity -- ; chapter 11 Victims, Bollywood and the construction of a cele-meme
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chapter 12 K-pop idols, artificial beauty and affective fan relationships in South Korea
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chapter 13 Idols in Japan, Asia and the world
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chapter 14 Celebrity and power in South America
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chapter 15 Celebrity philanthropy in China -- ; Rethinking cultural studies Big Citizen critique
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part IV The Conduits of Celebrity -- ; chapter 16 Celebrity in the age of global communication networks
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chapter 17 Celebrity involvement -- ; Parasocial interaction, identification and worship
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chapter 18 Celebrity, reputational capital and the media industries
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chapter 19 Human rights, democracy and celebrity
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chapter 20 Drastic plastic -- ; Identity in the age of makeover
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chapter 21 The Great Gomez -- ; John Astin in conversation with Anthony Elliott
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Also available in print format.
DOI:
10.4324/9781315776774
URL:
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