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Celebrity and power

Marshall, P. David.

Celebrity and power fame in contemporary culture / [electronic resource] : P. David Marshall. - Second edition - London : University of Minnesota Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Contents -- Introduction to the Second Edition. Celebrity in the Digital Era: A New Public Intimacy -- Celebrity and Power: Fame in Contemporary Culture -- Preface -- Part I -- 1. Tracing the Meaning of the Public Individuals -- 2. Conceptualizing the Collective: The Mob, the Crowd, the Mass, and the Audience -- 3. Tools for the Analysis of the Celebrity as a Form of Cultural Power -- Part II -- 4. The Cinematic Apparatus and the Construction of the Film Celebrity -- 5. Television's Construction of the Celebrity -- 6. The Meanings of the Popular Music Celebrity: The Construction of Distinctive Authenticity -- 7. The System of Celebrity -- Part III -- The Embodiment of Affect in Political Culture -- Conclusion: Forms of Power/Forms of Public Subjectivity -- Coda: George, Celebrities, and the Shift in Political/Popular Culture -- Notes -- Index.

9781452944012 1452944016


ART / Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.
Popular culture--History--United States--21st century.
Fame--Social aspects.
Celebrities--History--21st century.
Fame--Social aspects--United States.
Celebrities--History--United States--21st century.


Electronic books.

E169.Z82 / M366 2014

306/.0973