Celebrity society : the struggle for attention
By: Van Krieken, Robert.
Publisher: London Routledge 2019Edition: 2nd Edition.Description: 246p.ISBN: 9781138295063.Subject(s): Mass media--Social aspects -- Fame--Social aspects -- Fame--Psychological aspects -- Popular cultureDDC classification: 306.4 Summary: On television and in films, in magazines and books, on the Internet and in the realm of politics, celebrities of all sorts seem to dominate our attention. Celebrity Society: The Struggle for Attention brings new perspectives to our understanding of how the figure of 'the celebrity' is bound up with the structure and dynamics of society, economics, and politics. It outlines how the 'celebrification of society' is not just the twentieth-century product of Hollywood and television, but a long-term historical process, beginning with Christian saints, the printing press, theatre, and art. In this second edition the author has updated and significantly revised this path-breaking book to include a more detailed discussion of attention capital, the question of gender and celebrity, populism, fans, fandom, and self-formation, micro-celebrity, and personal or self-branding, the 'worker celebrity', and the impact of social media such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. Celebrity is an exciting and rapidly expanding field of social science, making this engaging book a valuable resource for students and scholars in sociology, politics, history, celebrity studies, cultural studies, the sociology of media, and cultural theory.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| 306.4 BLA-B The body : | 306.4 SCH-; New World order: a contribution to the World decade for cultural development | 306.4 THA-L Living the body: embodiment, womanhood and identity in contemporary India | 306.4 VAN-C Celebrity society | 306.40954 DEV-; Traditional values and institutions in Indian society | 306.40954 DEV-; Traditional values and institutions in Indian society | 306.40954 KAS-P Pop culture India: media, arts and lifestyle |
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On television and in films, in magazines and books, on the Internet and in the realm of politics, celebrities of all sorts seem to dominate our attention. Celebrity Society: The Struggle for Attention brings new perspectives to our understanding of how the figure of 'the celebrity' is bound up with the structure and dynamics of society, economics, and politics. It outlines how the 'celebrification of society' is not just the twentieth-century product of Hollywood and television, but a long-term historical process, beginning with Christian saints, the printing press, theatre, and art. In this second edition the author has updated and significantly revised this path-breaking book to include a more detailed discussion of attention capital, the question of gender and celebrity, populism, fans, fandom, and self-formation, micro-celebrity, and personal or self-branding, the 'worker celebrity', and the impact of social media such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. Celebrity is an exciting and rapidly expanding field of social science, making this engaging book a valuable resource for students and scholars in sociology, politics, history, celebrity studies, cultural studies, the sociology of media, and cultural theory.
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