From the new celebrity culture that has emerged from reality television and the Internet, to the paparazzi-filled endgame of Princess Diana and the bizarre trials and tribulations of Michael Jackson, The Celebrity Culture Reader documents the significant role that celebrities occupy in contemporary culture.
Combining classic essays and contemporary writings, The Celebrity Culture Reader investigates the cultural implications of this complex contemporary phenomenon.
From the new celebrity culture that has emerged from reality television and the Internet, to the paparazzi-filled endgame of Princess Diana and the...
Fame Games uncovers the manufacturing process that is behind the array of personalities we see in Australian media. It investigates the changed public sphere and the altered mediascape that publicity and public relations have generated around the circulation of celebrities connected to the various cultural commodities produced by the entertainment industries. Key figures from the emergent Australian celebrity industry--from managers and agents to publicists, promoters and mass market magazine editors--were interviewed to provide a nuanced reading of how personalities are developed and are...
Fame Games uncovers the manufacturing process that is behind the array of personalities we see in Australian media. It investigates the changed public...
The celebrity is an ambiguous figure in contemporary culture. Simultaneously celebrated and denigrated, stars represent not only the embodiment of success, but also the ultimate construction of false value. They are a peculiar form of public subjectivity that negotiates the tension between a democratic culture of access and a consumer capitalist culture of excess. Celebrity and Power examines this dynamic, questioning the cultural forces behind our need to become endlessly embroiled with the construction and collapse of celebrities.Through detailed analysis of figures from Tom Cruise to Oprah...
The celebrity is an ambiguous figure in contemporary culture. Simultaneously celebrated and denigrated, stars represent not only the embodiment of suc...
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...
Simultaneously celebrated and denigrated, celebrities represent not only the embodiment of success, but also the ultimate construction of false...
The Celebrity Persona Pandemic explores how the construction of a public persona is fetishized in contemporary culture. As social media has progressively led to a greater focus on the production of the self, so this book looks at the most visible versions of persona through figures such as Stephen Colbert, Cate Blachett, and Justin Bieber, as well as fictional characters like Spock and Harry Potter. Ultimately, P. David Marshall closely studies how persona culture shapes our notions of value and significance, and dramatically shifts cultural politics.
Forerunners is a...
The Celebrity Persona Pandemic explores how the construction of a public persona is fetishized in contemporary culture. As social media has ...
A unique and accessible account of the ways that advertising and promotional culture have grown and developed from the late 19th century through to the present, illuminating how advertising has adapted to changing cultural, political, economic, and technological environments. Structured around case histories, this insightful text draws connections between past and present to show how advertising has become a discourse twinned with modernity.
A unique and accessible account of the ways that advertising and promotional culture have grown and developed from the late 19th century through to th...
A unique and accessible account of the ways that advertising and promotional culture have grown and developed from the late 19th century through to the present, illuminating how advertising has adapted to changing cultural, political, economic, and technological environments. Structured around case histories, this insightful text draws connections between past and present to show how advertising has become a discourse twinned with modernity.
A unique and accessible account of the ways that advertising and promotional culture have grown and developed from the late 19th century through to th...
