(Extra)Ordinary?

The Concept of Authenticity in Celebrity and Fan Studies

AvJade Alexander,Katarzyna Bronk

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

Del 101 i serien At the Interface / Probing the Boundaries

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Beskrivning

Questioning what “makes” a celebrity and how celebrity is controlled, dispersed and received are aspects branching out of (Extra)Ordinary’s debate over celebrities as ordinary/extraordinary. Jade Alexander and Katarzyna Bronk, together with the authors whose chapters make up this inter-disciplinary discussion, not only utilise the existing research on celebrity and fandom, but they also go beyond the often-quoted theorists to engage in multidirectional analyses of what it means to be a celebrity, and what influence they have on the consuming public. The present book provides an avenue for exploring not just what celebrity is as a discursive construction, but also how this involves a complex interplay between celebrities, the media and the audience.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-05-17
Mått:155 x 235 x 8 mm
Vikt:241 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:At the Interface / Probing the Boundaries
Antal sidor:140
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004366589

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Mer om författaren

Jade Alexander completed her PhD on roller derby culture at Western Sydney University, Australia. She currently tutors in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts at Western Sydney University in cultural studies, sociology, and gender studies subjects.Katarzyna Bronk is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland. She teaches the History of English Literature, but specialises in English theatre and drama and, thus, investigated the question of celebrity within it.

Innehållsförteckning

Notes on ContributorsIntroduction: (Extra)Ordinary? Jade Alexander and Katarzyna BronkPart 1: Constructing Celebrity1 “The Big Fellow Is Dead!”: Michael Collins as Celebrity and Nationalist MartyrAmber Anna Colvin2 Mediating Bieber in Canada: Authenticating Nation in FameSamita Nandy3 Literary Celebrity, Politics and the Nobel Prize: The Nobel Lecture as an Authorial Self-Fashioning PlatformSandra MayerPart 2: (Re)Envisioning Stardom4 Oscar Wilde’s Long Afterlife: Victorian Celebrity and Its Transformations in Modern CultureAnna Fomichenko5 Touching Fame: Exploring Interactional Dynamics between Local Celebrities and Fans in Sydney’s Roller Derby SceneJade Alexander6 Celebrity Awards, Fan Communities and the Reconstruction of “High” and “Low” CulturesMira Moshe