Disassembling the Celebrity Figure
Credibility and the Incredible
Published on 19. April 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
252 pages
978-90-04-36531-5 (ISBN)
Description
Disassembling the Celebrity Figure: Credibility and the Incredible questions the credibility of celebrity brands, exploring how fandoms depend on perceptions and representations of authenticity. It asks how authenticity is projected by global celebrities, and how fans consume these carefully curated personas, and explores how the media breaks down barriers between celebrities and fans. It presents a discussion of celebrities as brands, exploring how their images are maintained after they pass away. It also offers analysis of the ways in which historical figures are later reconstructed as celebrities, and explores how their images are circulated and consumed across contemporary media. Ultimately, the book examines authenticity in celebrity culture by looking at fandom, media representation, branding and celebrity deaths.
Contributors are Marie Josephine Bennett, Lise Dilling-Nielsen, Kylo-Patrick R. Hart, Mingyi Hou, Renata Iwicka, Ephraim Das Janssen, Magdalen Wing-Chi Ki, Celia Lam, Mirella Longo, Aliah Mansor, Jackie Raphael and Millicent Weber.
Contributors are Marie Josephine Bennett, Lise Dilling-Nielsen, Kylo-Patrick R. Hart, Mingyi Hou, Renata Iwicka, Ephraim Das Janssen, Magdalen Wing-Chi Ki, Celia Lam, Mirella Longo, Aliah Mansor, Jackie Raphael and Millicent Weber.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-36531-5 (9789004365315)
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Persons
Celia Lam, Ph.D. (2011), University of Sydney, is Assistant Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. She has published on celebrity and fan studies, including Becoming Brands: Celebrity, Activism and Politics (WaterHill, 2017).
Jackie Raphael, Ph.D. (2013), Curtin University, is a sessional academic at that university. She has published various papers and books including Becoming Brands: Celebrity, Activism and Politics (2017) and Building Bridges in Celebrity Studies (2016).
Millicent Weber, Ph.D. (2016), Monash University, is a Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. Her work on publishing and literary culture appears in Convergence and Continuum, and most recently in Publishing Means Business: Australian Perspectives (Monash University Publishing, 2017).
Jackie Raphael, Ph.D. (2013), Curtin University, is a sessional academic at that university. She has published various papers and books including Becoming Brands: Celebrity, Activism and Politics (2017) and Building Bridges in Celebrity Studies (2016).
Millicent Weber, Ph.D. (2016), Monash University, is a Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. Her work on publishing and literary culture appears in Convergence and Continuum, and most recently in Publishing Means Business: Australian Perspectives (Monash University Publishing, 2017).
Content
Assembling Celebrity Analysis
?Celia Lam, Jackie Raphael and Millicent Weber
Part I Constructed Authenticity: Fan Consumption of Celebrity Persona
??Johnny's Idol Persona Constructions and Female Fandom Consumption
??Aliah Mansor
??'Everyone is so Cynical': On Authenticity in the World of Gaga
??Lise Dilling-Nielsen
??Participatory Consumption of Celebrity Products: Gangnam Style and its Parodies
??Mingyi Hou
Part II Deconstructing Authenticity: 'Getting Backstage' Behind Celebrity Personas
??Stars Are Like Us: a Discourse Analysis of Printed Celebrity Press
??Mirella Maines
??Backstage Spaces: The Sherlock Incident
??Celia Lam
??Every Breath You Take: Sasaeng Fans
??Renata Iwicka
Part III Structured Authenticity: Eternal Celebrity Brands
??Paul Walker: The Facts and the Fiction
??Jackie Raphael
??Trapped: James Douglas Morrison and His Enduring Celebrity Persona
??Kylo-Patrick R. Hart
Part IV Reconstructed Authenticity: Contemporary Re-Imagining of Historical Figures
??Did it Really Happen? Celebrity and Authenticity
??Ephraim Das Janssen
??The Biopic Bias and Becoming Jane
??Magdalen Wing-Chi Ki
??Shamadeus? Reconstructing Mozart: The Continuing Impact of Amadeus and Myths on Mozart Reception
??Marie Josephine Bennett
?Celia Lam, Jackie Raphael and Millicent Weber
Part I Constructed Authenticity: Fan Consumption of Celebrity Persona
??Johnny's Idol Persona Constructions and Female Fandom Consumption
??Aliah Mansor
??'Everyone is so Cynical': On Authenticity in the World of Gaga
??Lise Dilling-Nielsen
??Participatory Consumption of Celebrity Products: Gangnam Style and its Parodies
??Mingyi Hou
Part II Deconstructing Authenticity: 'Getting Backstage' Behind Celebrity Personas
??Stars Are Like Us: a Discourse Analysis of Printed Celebrity Press
??Mirella Maines
??Backstage Spaces: The Sherlock Incident
??Celia Lam
??Every Breath You Take: Sasaeng Fans
??Renata Iwicka
Part III Structured Authenticity: Eternal Celebrity Brands
??Paul Walker: The Facts and the Fiction
??Jackie Raphael
??Trapped: James Douglas Morrison and His Enduring Celebrity Persona
??Kylo-Patrick R. Hart
Part IV Reconstructed Authenticity: Contemporary Re-Imagining of Historical Figures
??Did it Really Happen? Celebrity and Authenticity
??Ephraim Das Janssen
??The Biopic Bias and Becoming Jane
??Magdalen Wing-Chi Ki
??Shamadeus? Reconstructing Mozart: The Continuing Impact of Amadeus and Myths on Mozart Reception
??Marie Josephine Bennett