| Description |
vi, 311 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
1. Cultivating/tastes -- 2. Making/new rules -- 3. Giving/it all -- 4. Fabricating/fame -- 5. Worshipping/from afar -- 6. Consuming/beauty -- 7. Commodifying/race -- 8. Thriving/on scandal -- 9. Buying/sales -- 10. Televising/reality -- 11. Blurring/the line -- 12. Creating/legends -- 13. Answering/the big question |
| Summary |
"Ellis Cashmore collects research, theory, and case studies en route as he explores the intriguing issue of celebrity culture: its origins, its meaning, and its global influence. Covering such varied perspectives as fame addiction, the "celebrification" of politics, and celebrity fatigue, Cashmore analyzes the relationship celebrity has with commodification and the consumer society, and investigates the new media and the quest for self-perfection."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [280]-290) and index |
| Notes |
Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to EBL (Ebook Library) |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Mass media -- Social aspects.
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Celebrities -- Case studies.
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Celebrities in mass media.
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Fame -- Sociological aspects.
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Mass media and culture.
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Celebrities.
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| Author |
Ebooks Corporation.
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| LC no. |
2006004386 |
| ISBN |
0415373115 paperback alkaline paper |
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0415373107 hardback alkaline paper |
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