In Confidence
Talking Frankly about Fame
Published on 29. August 2014
194 pages
978-1-78279-766-1 (ISBN)
Description
A study of celebrity based on the seventy odd interviews featured in the Sky Arts television series, In Confidence. Informants include David Schwimmer, Stephen Fry, Harry Belafonte, Alan Ayckbourn, Kathie Burke, Michael Frayn, Christopher Hitchens, Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Sheila Hancock, Richard Dawkins, Miriam Margolys, Tracey Emin, and Nigel Kennedy. Here you will find everyone from politicians to artists, film-makers to novelists, talking frankly about fame and reputation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Collective Ink
File size
2,40 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78279-766-1 (9781782797661)
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08/2014
John Hunt Publishing
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Person
Professor of sociology Laurie Taylor has been one of the most distinctive voices on BBC Radio 4 for over 40 years. "Thinking Allowed" has an audience of 1.2 million. He writes the weekly satirical column on university life for Times Higher Education. His "In Confidence" series on Sky Arts TV, over 60 one-hour interviews with well-known people, forms the basis of this study of celebrity. Former editor of BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour and Dean of Media, Arts and Design at the University of Westminster, Sally Feldman writes a regular column in Times Higher Education.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part One: Welcome to the Show
- Chapter One: Tell Me About It
- Chapter Two: Celebrity Squares
- Part Two: For Art's Sake: Craft and Technique
- Chapter Three: Making Music
- Chapter Four: Making Art
- Chapter Five: Making Laughter
- Chapter Six: Making Stories
- Chapter Seven: Making Believe
- Part Three: Family and Friends
- Chapter Eight: Growing Pains
- Chapter Nine: Dutiful Daughters
- Chapter Ten: Who Needs Friends?
- Part Four: Identity
- Chapter Eleven: Women's Studies
- Chapter Twelve: Jew or Jew-ish?
- Afterword
