Framing celebrity : new directions in celebrity culture / edited by Su Holmes and Sean Redmond.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Holmes, Su.

Redmond, Sean, 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular culture--United States.

Popular culture.

United States.

Celebrities in mass media.

Mass media--Social aspects--United States.

Mass media.

Mass media--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xii, 369 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Summary:

Celebrity culture has a pervasive presence in our everyday lives - perhaps more so than ever before. It shapes not simply the production and consumption of media content but also the social values through which we experience the world. This collection analyses this phenomenon, bringing together essays which explore celebrity across a range of media, cultural and political contexts.

The authors investigate topics such as the intimacy of fame, political celebrity, stardom in American 'quality' television (Sarah Jessica Parker), celebrity 'reality' TV (I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!), the circulation of the porn star, the gallery film (David/David Beckham), the concept of cartoon celebrity (The Simpsons), fandom and celebrity (k.d. lang, NSYNC), celebrity in the tabloid press, celebrity magazines (heat, Celebrity Skins), the fame of the serial killer and narratives of mental illness in celebrity culture.

The collection is organized into four themed sections: Fame Now broadly examines the contemporary contours of fame as they course through new media sites (such as 'reality' TV and the internet) and different social, cultural and political spaces. Fame Body attempts to situate the star or celebrity body at the centre of the production, circulation and consumption of contemporary fame. Fame Simulation considers the increasingly strained relationship between celebrity and artifice and 'authenticity'. Fame Damage looks at the way the representation of fame is bound up with auto-destructive tendencies or dissolution.

Contents:

1 Introduction: understanding celebrity culture / Su Holmes, Sean Redmond 1

Part I Fame Now 17

2 Intimate fame everywhere / Sean Redmond 27

3 It's a jungle out there!: playing the game of fame in celebrity reality TV / Su Holmes 45

4 'Bringing out the [Characters not reproducible] in you': SJP, Carrie Bradshaw and the evolution of television stardom / Deborah Jermyn 67

5 'I'm a celebrity, get me into politics': the political celebrity and the celebrity politician / Philip Drake, Michael Higgins 87

6 Not just another powerless elite?: when media fans become subcultural celebrities / Matt Hills 101

Part II Fame Body 119

7 Spectacular male bodies and Jazz Age celebrity culture / David Magill 129

8 Seeing is believing: constructions of stardom and the gay porn star in US gay video pornography / John Mercer 145

9 Celebrity skins: the illicit textuality of the celebrity nude magazine / Adam Knee 161

10 Get a famous body: star styles and celebrity gossip in heat magazine / Rebecca Feasey 177

11 'Droppin' it like it's hot': the sporting body of Serena Williams / Ramona Coleman-Bell 195

Part III Fame Simulation 207

12 Glitter and grain: aura and authenticity in the celebrity photographs of Juergen Teller / Adrienne Lai 215

13 The mockery of cartoon celebrity: The Simpsons and the fragmented individual / Suzanne Rintoul 231

14 Spending time with (a) celebrity: Sam Taylor-Wood's video portrait of David Beckham / Catherine Fowler 241

15 'I'm jealous of the fake me': postmodern subjectivity and identity construction in boy band fan fiction / Kristina Busse 253

16 Langsters online: k.d. lang and the creation of internet fan communities / Judith Franco 269

Part IV Fame Damage 285

17 Idols of destruction: celebrity and the serial killer / David Schmid 295

18 Madly famous: narratives of mental illness in celebrity culture / Stephen Harper 311

19 Celebrity: the killing fields of popular music / Sheila Whiteley 329

20 'Sometimes you wanna hate celebrities': tabloid readers and celebrity coverage / Sofia Johansson 343.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [359]-361) and index.

ISBN:

0415377099

0415377102

OCLC:

62393029

Publisher Number:

9780415377096 (hbk. : alk. paper)

9780415377102 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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