Celebrity cultures in Canada / Katja Lee and Lorraine York, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

York, Lorraine Mary, 1958- editor.

Lee, Katja, 1977- editor.

Series:

Cultural studies series (Waterloo, Ont.)

Cultural studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Celebrities--Canada.

Celebrities.

Fame.

Popular culture--Canada.

Popular culture.

Celebrities in mass media.

Mass media and culture.

Mass media--Social aspects--Canada.

Mass media.

Fame--Social aspects--Canada.

Fame--Social aspects.

Mass media--Social aspects.

Canada.

Physical Description:

xii, 251 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, ON : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2016.

Contents:

1 Rediscovering Nell Shipman for Canadian Cultural Heritage / Amy Shore Shore, Amy 19

2 "What an elastic nationality she possesses!" Transnational Celebrity Identities in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries / Katja Lee Lee, Katja 37

3 Terry Fox and Disabled Celebrity / Valerie J. Millar Millar, Valerie J. 57

4 Canadian Political Celebrity: From Trudeau to Trudeau / Jennifer Bell Bell, Jennifer 73

5 Celebrity and the Cultivation of Indigenous Publics in Canada / Lorraine York York, Lorraine 93

6 Lament for a Hockey Nation, Don Cherry, and the Apparatus of Canadian Celebrity / Julie Rak Rak, Julie 111

7 Bon Cop, Bad Cop: A Tale of Two Star Systems / Liz Czach Czach, Liz 131

8 Crossover Stars: Canadian Viewing Strategies and the Case of Callum Keith Rennie / Katherine Ann Roberts Roberts, Katherine Ann 147

9 What's So Funny about Canadian Expats? The Comedian as Celebrity Export / Danielle J. Deveau Deveau, Danielle J. 167

10 Re: Focusing (on) Celebrity: Canada's Major Poetry Prizes / Owen Percy Percy, Owen 185

11 Bureaucratic Celebrity / Ira Wagman Wagman, Ira 201.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Celebrity cultures in Canada.

ISBN:

9781771122221

1771122226

OCLC:

929918210