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A Companion to Celebrity
P. David Marshall
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Description for A Companion to Celebrity
Hardcover. Companion to Celebrity presents a multi-disciplinary collection of original essays that explore myriad issues relating to the origins, evolution, and current trends in the field of celebrity studies. Num Pages: 584 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 179 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1150.
Companion to Celebrity presents a multi-disciplinary collection of original essays that explore myriad issues relating to the origins, evolution, and current trends in the field of celebrity studies.
Companion to Celebrity presents a multi-disciplinary collection of original essays that explore myriad issues relating to the origins, evolution, and current trends in the field of celebrity studies.
- Offers a detailed, systematic, and clear presentation of all aspects of celebrity studies, with a structure that carefully build its enquiry
- Draws on the latest scholarly developments in celebrity analyses
- Presents new and provocative ways of exploring celebrity’s meanings and textures
- Considers the revolutionary ways in which new social media have impacted on the production and consumption of celebrity
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
Number of Pages
584
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781118475010
SKU
V9781118475010
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Ref
99-15
About P. David Marshall
P. David Marshall is Professor of New Media, Communication and Cultural Studies at Deakin University. He is the author of Celebrity and Power: Fame in Contemporary Culture (1997, 2014), co-author of Persona Studies(2015). Fame Games (2000), and editor of the Celebrity Culture Reader(2006) among many other books, book chapters and articles on new media, fame and popular culture. ... Read more
Reviews for A Companion to Celebrity
"In an informative new reference guide, P. David Marshall and Sean Redmond, together with over 20 international academic contributors, aim to cast (lime)light on the purpose and power of celebrity from the origins of fame to social media and reality television." —Sarah Powell, Reference Reviews, Vol 30 No 8 "Written by scholars from a variety of disciplines, including ... Read more