Celebrity and power : fame in contemporary culture / P. David Marshall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marshall, P. David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Celebrities--United States--History--21st century.

Celebrities.

Fame--Social aspects--United States.

Fame.

Celebrities--History--21st century.

Fame--Social aspects.

Popular culture--United States--History--21st century.

Popular culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minnesota : University of Minnesota Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

" Simultaneously celebrated and denigrated, celebrities represent not only the embodiment of success, but also the ultimate construction of false value. Celebrity and Power questions the impulse to become embroiled with the construction and collapse of the famous, exploring the concept of the new public intimacy: a product of social media in which celebrities from Lady Gaga to Barack Obama are expected to continuously campaign for audiences in new ways. In a new Introduction for this edition, P. David Marshall investigates the viewing public's desire to associate with celebrity and addresses the explosion of instant access to celebrity culture, bringing famous people and their admirers closer than ever before. "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

"With a New Introduction."

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4529-4968-9

1-4529-4401-6

OCLC:

886540003