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Lady Gaga and the Remaking of Celebrity Culture (Paperback)
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Lady Gaga and the Remaking of Celebrity Culture (Paperback)
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Lady Gaga represents both the height of celebrity and a disruption
of the norms surrounding the social position. This book charts the
way the pop star manages the celebrity persona in her relationships
with her fans, the development of her gender identity, her
parodying of other celebrities, and her navigation of the legal and
economic system that make up the music industry. Much of Gaga's
ability to maintain ownership of her identity comes from her early
decisions to characterise herself as a performance artist. For
Gaga, treating celebrity as performance art means living the
persona 24 hours a day. That includes sleeping in wigs and making a
commitment to never letting anyone see her in sweatpants. Lady Gaga
mimicks celebrity life in a self-conscious way that makes the
mimicry apparent. Her performance of celebrity is an on-going
project - despite what she may claim, she was not born this way.
The excess of her celebrity is magnified by her title: Mother
Monster. Historically, media narratives of celebrities, monsters,
and mothers have centered around uncontrolled excesses that must be
contained. Lady Gaga adopts these personas, but refuses to submit
to the containment that comes with each of these social positions.
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