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Disassembling the celebrity figure : credibility and the incredible / edited by Celia Lam, Jackie Raphael, Millicent Weber.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 99.
- At the Interface / Probing the Boundaries ; 99
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Celebrities.
- Physical Description:
- 245 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden : Koninklijke Brill NV, 2018.
- Summary:
- This book questions the credibility of celebrity brands, exploring how fandoms depend on perceptions and representations of authenticity. It asks how authenticity is projected by global celebrities, and how fans consume these carefully curated personas, and explores how the media breaks down barriers between celebrities and fans. It presents a discussion of celebrities as brands, exploring how their images are maintained after they pass away. It also offers analysis of the ways in which historical figures are later reconstructed as celebrities, and explores how their images are circulated and consumed across contemporary media. Ultimately, the book examines authenticity in celebrity culture by looking at fandom, media representation, branding and celebrity deaths.0.
- Contents:
- Intro; Disassembling the Celebrity Figure: Credibility and the Incredible; Copyright; Table of Contents; Assembling Celebrity Analysis; Part I Constructed Authenticity: Fan Consumption of Celebrity Persona; Johnny's Idol Persona Constructions and Female Fandom Consumption; 'Everyone is so Cynical': On Authenticity in the World of Gaga; Participatory Consumption of Celebrity Products: Gangnam Style and its Parodies; Part II Deconstructing Authenticity: 'Getting Backstage' Behind Celebrity Personas; Stars Are Like Us: a Discourse Analysis of Printed Celebrity Press.
- Backstage Spaces: The Sherlock IncidentEvery Breath You Take: Sasaeng Fans; Part III Structured Authenticity: Eternal Celebrity Brands; Paul Walker: The Facts and the Fiction; Trapped: James Douglas Morrison and His Enduring Celebrity Persona; Part IV Reconstructed Authenticity: Contemporary Re-Imagining of Historical Figures; Did it Really Happen? Celebrity and Authenticity; The Biopic Bias and Becoming Jane; Shamadeus? Reconstructing Mozart: The Continuing Impact of Amadeus and Myths on Mozart Reception.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9789004365315
- 9004365311
- OCLC:
- 1031440541
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