In recent years, the study of celebrity has developed and
cohered into a flourishing field of social and cultural analysis.
There is huge interest in topics such as the politics and logic of
glamour; the role of the public-relations industry in manipulating
television audiences; the relationship between fame and social
control; and the economics of the so-called celebrity industry. And
as interest in celebrity continues to explode, a variety of
forerunners to its study drawing on materials from a wide range of
disciplines including sociology, cultural studies, history,
psychology, organization studies, politics, film, and literary
studies have been rediscovered and reformulated. Among the lines of
enquiry and critical tools that have been recuperated as pertinent
to the study of celebrity are leadership, charisma, role models,
heroes, role sets, ideology, manipulation, commodification,
interpellation, narcissism, signification and individuality.
The sheer scale of the available research exploring the many
implications of the phenomenon of celebrity and the breadth and
complexity of the canon on which celebrity studies draws makes this
new Major Work from Routledge especially timely. It answers the
urgent need for a wide-ranging collection which provides easy
access to the key items of scholarly literature, material that is
often inaccessible or scattered throughout a variety of specialist
journals and books. In four volumes, Celebrity brings together the
best and most influential foundational and cutting-edge research
on: the aetiology and basic concepts of celebrity (including
charisma, narcissism, and commodification); theoretical and
methodological approaches (e.g. Marxism, structuralism, semiotics,
and cultural materialism); the mechanics of celebrity (such as the
sociology and psychology of showmanship); and key controversies and
current debates (e.g. the politics of stardom; the superstructure
of celebrity; and the interpellation of celebrity news and the
media).
Celebrity is supplemented with a full index, and includes a
comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which
places the collected material in its historical and intellectual
context. It is destined to be valued by scholars, students, and
researchers as a vital research resource.
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