Celebrity and Power

Fame in Contemporary Culture

AvP. David Marshall

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

Simultaneously celebrated and denigrated, celebrities represent not only the embodiment of success, but also the ultimate construction of false value. Celebrity and Power questions the impulse to become embroiled with the construction and collapse of the famous, exploring the concept of the new public intimacy: a product of social media in which celebrities from Lady Gaga to Barack Obama are expected to continuously campaign for audiences in new ways. In a new Introduction for this edition, P. David Marshall investigates the viewing public’s desire to associate with celebrity and addresses the explosion of instant access to celebrity culture, bringing famous people and their admirers closer than ever before.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-08-15
Mått:140 x 216 x 38 mm
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:328
Förlag:University of Minnesota Press
ISBN:9780816695621

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Medievetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

P. David Marshall is research professor and holds a personal chair in new media, communication, and cultural studies at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia. He is editor of Celebrity Culture Reader, coeditor of Companion to Celebrity Studies, author of New Media Cultures, and coauthor of Web Theory and Fame Games.

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsIntroduction to the Second Edition. Celebrity in the Digital Era: A New Public IntimacyCelebrity and Power: Fame in Contemporary CulturePrefacePart I1. Tracing the Meaning of the Public Individuals2. Conceptualizing the Collective: The Mob, the Crowd, the Mass, and the Audience3. Tools for the Analysis of the Celebrity as a Form of Cultural PowerPart II4. The Cinematic Apparatus and the Construction of the Film Celebrity5. Television’s Construction of the Celebrity6. The Meanings of the Popular Music Celebrity: The Construction of Distinctive Authenticity7. The System of CelebrityPart IIIThe Embodiment of Affect in Political CultureConclusion: Forms of Power/Forms of Public SubjectivityCoda: George, Celebrities, and the Shift in Political/Popular CultureNotesIndex