Celebrity and Power Fame in Contemporary Culture

Name: Celebrity and Power Fame in Contemporary Culture
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ISBN: 9780816695621

ISBN-10: 0816695628

ISBN-13: 9780816695621

Edition: 2014

Authors: P. David Marshall

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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…

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Publication date: 8/15/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English