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Bringing together the latest thinking on both celebrity brands and celebrity culture from academics specialising in the field of marketing, this book explores a range of insightful contexts in order to add vigour and vitality to our understanding of the connections between celebrities, markets and culture. It unpacks the identity theoretics which have their origins in the turn to celebrity culture and the spectacle and glamour of mass-media practices. In doing so, the contributors hint at new forms of individuation where the line between the virtual and the actual is blurred, and where images of celebrities construct and deconstruct themselves. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Marketing Management.

Expanding disciplinary Space: On the Potential of Critical Marketing provides an introduction to the major perspectives in critical marketing studies. It contains theoretical reflections on critical marketing whilst building on the key concepts and ideas, which are vital to the subject, through detailed empirical studies. An international collection of marketing experts discuss the eclectic character and potential of the critical turn within marketing theory and practice. Chapters explore topics such as marketing academia, consumer research, political marketing, marketing ethics, postcolonial epistemic ideology in marketing, marketing theory, and marketing for community development. The text is essential reading for all those interested in contemporary developments in marketing theory and practice irrespective of the discipline from which they originate.This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Marketing Management.

Expanding disciplinary Space: On the Potential of Critical Marketing provides an introduction to the major perspectives in critical marketing studies. It contains theoretical reflections on critical marketing whilst building on the key concepts and ideas, which are vital to the subject, through detailed empirical studies. An international collection of marketing experts discuss the eclectic character and potential of the critical turn within marketing theory and practice. Chapters explore topics such as marketing academia, consumer research, political marketing, marketing ethics, postcolonial epistemic ideology in marketing, marketing theory, and marketing for community development. The text is essential reading for all those interested in contemporary developments in marketing theory and practice irrespective of the discipline from which they originate.This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Marketing Management.

Bringing together the latest thinking on both celebrity brands and celebrity culture from academics specialising in the field of marketing, this book explores a range of insightful contexts in order to add vigour and vitality to our understanding of the connections between celebrities, markets and culture. It unpacks the identity theoretics which have their origins in the turn to celebrity culture and the spectacle and glamour of mass-media practices. In doing so, the contributors hint at new forms of individuation where the line between the virtual and the actual is blurred, and where images of celebrities construct and deconstruct themselves. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Marketing Management.

In a world where crowns are forged in blood and loyalty is a fragile blade, a young prince must choose between duty and survival. Prince Leto Blackwater has known nothing but privilege, indulging in every whim with reckless abandon, while chafing under the weight of a future meant for another. He rebels against the chains of expectation, stirring unrest in the court and earning the wrath of his father, the King. But when a savage act of revenge tears through the heart of his family, Leto is cast from the only world he has ever known. Hunted by those who had once sworn fealty, haunted by guilt and loss, he must navigate the ashes of a fractured kingdom. Alliances crumble and betrayals cut deep as the fires of an ancient blood feud sweep across the realm. With his family's fate hanging by a thread, Leto confronts the man he was to become - the leader he never intended to be. Book One of an epic medieval fantasy series exploring legacy, loyalty, and the brutal cost of power.

Loyalties fracture. A blood feud burns. And the fate of the realm hangs in the balance. As the kingdom teeters on the brink of war, the Blackwater rule is all but destroyed, and two mighty houses - each led by lords unwilling to yield - head for a clash that will ultimately decide the fate of the realm, leaving each house forever changed. And in the shadows of power, a young handmaiden guards a dangerous secret, a scorned heir fights desperately for approval, and a vilified royal companion must protect a princess caught in the chaos of a shattered kingdom. Lines are being drawn. Loyalties will be tested. And not all will live to see the outcome. Book Two of The Blackwater Chronicles - a dark, character-driven medieval fantasy of power, betrayal, loss, and survival.