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Celebrity: Capitalism and the Making of Fame
Milly Williamson
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Description for Celebrity: Capitalism and the Making of Fame
Hardback. It is a truism to suggest that celebrity pervades all areas of life today. The growth and expansion of celebrity culture in recent years has been accompanied by an explosion of studies of the social function of celebrity and investigations into the fascination of specific celebrities. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
It is a truism to suggest that celebrity pervades all areas of life today. The growth and expansion of celebrity culture in recent years has been accompanied by an explosion of studies of the social function of celebrity and investigations into the fascination of specific celebrities. And yet fundamental questions about what the system of celebrity means for our society have yet to be resolved:
Is celebrity a democratization of fame or a powerful hierarchy built on exclusion? Is celebrity created through public demand or is it manufactured? Is the growth of celebrity a harmful dumbing down of ... Read more
It is a truism to suggest that celebrity pervades all areas of life today. The growth and expansion of celebrity culture in recent years has been accompanied by an explosion of studies of the social function of celebrity and investigations into the fascination of specific celebrities. And yet fundamental questions about what the system of celebrity means for our society have yet to be resolved:
Is celebrity a democratization of fame or a powerful hierarchy built on exclusion? Is celebrity created through public demand or is it manufactured? Is the growth of celebrity a harmful dumbing down of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745641041
SKU
V9780745641041
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About Milly Williamson
Milly Williamson is a senior lecturer in Film and Television Studies at Brunel University. She has published work on television fan cultures, television celebrity, horror, gender and consumption.
Reviews for Celebrity: Capitalism and the Making of Fame
'The book we’ve been waiting for! At last, a lucid guide to the political economy of celebrity culture. Ranging from the gendered star system of eighteenth-century theatre to the abuse of "ordinary" people in contemporary reality TV, Milly Williamson brings historical and theoretical sophistication to her lively analysis of the mutating relationship between celebrity and capitalism – all the while ... Read more