Celebrity and Power : Fame in Contemporary Culture Paperback / softback
by P. David Marshall
Paperback / softback
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.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:328 pages, 9
- Publisher:University of Minnesota Press
- Publication Date:15/08/2014
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- ISBN:9780816695621
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:328 pages, 9
- Publisher:University of Minnesota Press
- Publication Date:15/08/2014
- Category:
- ISBN:9780816695621