Front Cover; Framing Celebrity; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: understanding celebrity culture: Su Holmes and Sean Redmond; Part I: Fame Now; Introduction: Su Holmes and Sean Redmond; 2. Intimate fame everywhere: Sean Redmond; 3. It's a jungle out there! : playing the game of fame in celebrity reality TV: Su Holmes; 4. 'Bringing out the * in you': SJP, Carrie Bradshaw and the evolution of television stardom: Deborah Jermyn
5. 'I'm a celebrity, get me into politics': the political celebrity and the celebrity politician: Philip Drake and Michael Higgins6. Not just another powerless elite?: when media fans become subcultural celebrities: Matt Hills; Part II: Fame Body; Introduction: Su Holmes and Sean Redmond; 7. Spectacular male bodies and Jazz Age celebrity culture: David Magill; 8. Seeing is believing: constructions of stardom and the gay porn star in US gay video pornography: John Mercer; 9. Celebrity skins: the illicit textuality of the celebrity nude magazine: Adam Knee
10. Get a famous body: star styles and celebrity gossip in heat magazine: Rebecca Feasey11. 'Droppin' it like it's hot': the sporting body of Serena Williams: Ramona Coleman-Bell; Part III: Fame Simulation; Introduction: Su Holmes and Sean Redmond; 12. Glitter and grain: aura and authenticity in the celebrity photographs of Juergen Teller: Adrienne Lai; 13. The mockery of cartoon celebrity: The Simpsons and the fragmented individual: Suzanne Rintoul; 14. Spending time with (a) celebrity: Sam Taylor-Wood's video portrait of David Beckham: Catherine Fowler
15. 'I'm jealous of the fake me': Postmodern subjectivity and identity construction in boy band fan fiction: Kristina Busse16. Langsters online: k.d. lang and the creation of internet fan communities: Judith Franco; Part IV: Fame Damage; Introduction: Su Holmes and Sean Redmond; 17. Idols of destruction: celebrity and the serial kiIler: David Schmid; 18. Madly famous: narratives of mental iIIness in celebrity culture: Stephen Harper; 19. Celebrity: the killing fields of popular music: Sheila Whiteley
20. 'Sometimes you wanna hate celebrities': tabloid readers and celebrity coverage: Sofia JohanssonBibliography; Index
Summary
Celebrity culture has a pervasive presence in our everyday lives - perhaps more so than ever before. It shapes not simply the production and consumption of media content but also the social values through which we experience the world. This collection analyses this phenomenon, bringing together essays which explore celebrity across a range of media, cultural and political contexts. The authors investigate topics such as the intimacy of fame, political celebrity, stardom in American 'quality' television (Sarah Jessica Parker), celebrity 'reality' TV (I'm a Celebrity . Get Me Out o
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-361) and index
