| Description |
vi, 171 pages ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: Royal celebrity -- Mourning Diana -- Constructing cultural identities -- Notes -- 6.Consuming Celebrity -- Celebrity watchers -- Gossip: the extended family, melodrama and revenge -- Histories of consumption: star gazing -- Consuming celebrity online -- Notes -- 7.Conclusion: Celebrity and Public Culture -- Taking celebrity seriously -- Celebrity, politics and ̀spin' -- Conclusion -- Note |
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Machine generated contents note: pt. One Introduction -- 1.Understanding Celebrity -- Celebrity today -- What is celebrity? -- Picture personalities, stars and celebrities -- The spread of celebrity culture -- Taxonomies of fame -- The social functions of celebrity -- Celebrity and the publicity industries -- Notes -- pt. Two Production -- 2.The Economy of Celebrity -- Globalisation and media convergence -- The celebrity-commodity -- The celebrity industries -- Publicity, news and power -- Notes -- 3.Manufacturing Celebrity -- Ordinary talent -- ̀Real' celebrities and reality TV -- Taking control: DIY celebrity in the digital era -- Notes -- 4.Celebrity, the Tabloid and the Democratic Public Sphere -- Introduction -- Celebrity, mass market magazines and the tabloids -- The ̀tabloidisation' debate -- ̀Democratainment' -- The demotic turn -- Notes -- pt. Three Consumption -- 5.The Cultural Function of Celebrity -- Celebrity ̀from below' -- The para-social relationship -- |
| Summary |
Where does the production of celebrity end and its consumption begin? Platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and reality TV allow us a previously unimagined engagement with the manufactured 'persona' of celebrity. Understanding Celebrity has become the go-to text for understanding the connection between the production and consumption of this 'persona'. The long-awaited second edition assesses the changing nature of this pivotal relationship in celebrity studies |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Notes |
Previous edition: 2004 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [158]-166) and index |
| Subject |
Celebrities in mass media.
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Celebrities.
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Fame -- Social aspects.
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Popular culture.
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| LC no. |
2013935373 |
| ISBN |
1446253201 (hbk.) |
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144625321X (paperback) |
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9781446253205 (hbk.) |
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9781446253212 (paperback) |
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