Stardom and celebrity : a reader / [edited by] Sean Redmond and Su Holmes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Redmond, Sean, 1967-

Holmes, Su.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fame.

Celebrities.

Celebrities in mass media.

Physical Description:

xiv, 375 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles, Calif. ; London : SAGE Publications, 2007.

Summary:

Stardom and Celebrity: A Reader brings together some of the seminal interventions that have structured the development of star/celebrity studies, while crucially combining and situating these within the context of new essays that address the contemporary, cross-media and international landscape of today's fame culture. The Reader approaches stardom and celebrity across historical periods, media forms and national contexts, as well as disciplinary borders and modes of enquiry. It is divided into six themed sections: Stardom and Celebrity: Theoretical Antecedents Including essays by Max Weber, Adorno and Horkheimer, and Roland Barthes, The Analysis of Fame: Understanding Stardom Including essays by Francesco Alberoni, Richard Dyer, and Christine Geraghty, Histories of Stardom and Celebrity Including essays by Richard deCordova, Chris Rojek, Joshua Gamson, and Su Holmes, The Production of Fame Including essays by Graeme Turner, Rebecca L. Epstein, and Jo Litter, Star and Celebrity Representations Including essays by Mary Flanagan, Mary Beltran, and Sean Redmond, The Consumption of Fame Including essays by Jackie Stacey, Catharine Lumby, and Nick Couldry. This collection, uniquely, maps out a historical trajectory - both In terms of the development of fame as well as the historical development of star/celebrity studies. This is a key text that brings together often disparate but seminal works, while situating them within the context of newer developments. It will prove invaluable to a host of disciplines which teach stardom and celebrity.

Contents:

Introduction: what' in a reader? / S. Redmond and S. Holmes

Star and celebrity culture : theoretical antecedents

The analysis of fame : understanding stardom

Fame

remember my name? : histories of stardom and celebrity

Producing fame : 'Because I'm worth it'

Made in culture : star and celebrity representations

Consuming fame/becoming famous : celebrity and its audience.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [360]-362) and index.

Published in Thousand Oaks.Calif. ;

ISBN:

9781412923200

1412923204

9781412923217

1412923212

OCLC:

71347922