Gender and Australian Celebrity Culture

ISBN-13: 9780367681760 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 228 str.

Opis

This intellectually vibrant volume is the first collection to deal with Australian celebrity in ways that account for both cultural and gendered specificities, demonstrating how gendered ways of imagining Australia are reinforced and contested in celebrity representations and self-presentations.

Recenzje

"Marked by originality, breadth and timeliness, this collection significantly enriches the literature on national celebrity cultures. Particularly striking is the lucidity of the analysis for those who lack familiarity with the Australian context (but hope to gain it)." - Diane Negra, University College Dublin

"This rich and lively collection of essays brings the analysis of celebrity in Australia right up to date: not only through its savvy selection of subjects, and the focus on the cultural conjunctures within which they resonate, but also by demonstrating gender's centrality to the discussion of contemporary formations of celebrity." - Graeme Turner, University of Queensland

Spis treści

Introduction: ‘Gendering Australian celebrity’, Part I; Celebrity masculinities and settler colonialism 1: ‘From mild colonial boy to Jake the Paed: Rolf Harris and Australian celebrity masculinity in the UK’, 2: ‘The manly whiteness of Russell Crowe’,  3: ‘Johnathan Thurston, Indigeneity, and technologies of masculinity in Australian sporting celebrity culture’, Part II; Feminist politics and celebrity feminisms 4: ‘Celebritised anger: Theorising feminist rage, voice, and affective injustice through Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette’, 5: ‘Clementine Ford, online misogyny, and the labour of celebrity feminism’, 6: "Good" girl turned "bad": Tracey Spicer’s memoir, celebrity feminist journalism, and #MeToo activism in Australia’,  Part III; Queer celebrity and marginalised subjectivities; 7: ‘Interviewing a queer national celebrity: Carlotta as an "outsider within" Australian celebrity culture’, 8: ‘"It was nice for me watching that, because [Magda Szubanski] was very calming": LGBTIQ+ Australians respond to marriage equality activism’,  Part IV; Self-presentation and celebrity femininities; 9: ‘"I can call myself Australian if I want to": Natalie Tran and Asian Australian femininity on YouTube’, 10: ‘Disarming femininity: Annabel Crabb, celebrity, politics and culture’, 11: ‘"Australian TV’s golden girl": Asher Keddie, Offspring, and the celebrity motherhood narrative’