Celebrity and Power
Fame in Contemporary Culture
Published on 15. August 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
328 pages
978-0-8166-9562-1 (ISBN)
Description
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.
More details
Edition
2
Language
English
Place of publication
Minnesota
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
9
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8166-9562-1 (9780816695621)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
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.
Content
Contents
Introduction to the Second Edition. Celebrity in the Digital Era: A New Public Intimacy
Celebrity and Power: Fame in Contemporary Culture
Preface
Part I
1. Tracing the Meaning of the Public Individuals
2. Conceptualizing the Collective: The Mob, the Crowd, the Mass, and the Audience
3. Tools for the Analysis of the Celebrity as a Form of Cultural Power
Part II
4. The Cinematic Apparatus and the Construction of the Film Celebrity
5. Television's Construction of the Celebrity
6. The Meanings of the Popular Music Celebrity: The Construction of Distinctive Authenticity
7. The System of Celebrity
Part III
The Embodiment of Affect in Political Culture
Conclusion: Forms of Power/Forms of Public Subjectivity
Coda: George, Celebrities, and the Shift in Political/Popular Culture
Notes
Index
Introduction to the Second Edition. Celebrity in the Digital Era: A New Public Intimacy
Celebrity and Power: Fame in Contemporary Culture
Preface
Part I
1. Tracing the Meaning of the Public Individuals
2. Conceptualizing the Collective: The Mob, the Crowd, the Mass, and the Audience
3. Tools for the Analysis of the Celebrity as a Form of Cultural Power
Part II
4. The Cinematic Apparatus and the Construction of the Film Celebrity
5. Television's Construction of the Celebrity
6. The Meanings of the Popular Music Celebrity: The Construction of Distinctive Authenticity
7. The System of Celebrity
Part III
The Embodiment of Affect in Political Culture
Conclusion: Forms of Power/Forms of Public Subjectivity
Coda: George, Celebrities, and the Shift in Political/Popular Culture
Notes
Index