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Reluctant Celebrity - Affect and Privilege in Contemporary Stardom (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
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Reluctant Celebrity - Affect and Privilege in Contemporary Stardom (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
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In this book, Lorraine York examines the figure of the celebrity
who expresses discomfort with his or her intense condition of
social visibility. Bringing together the fields of celebrity
studies and what Ann Cvetkovich has called the "affective turn in
cultural studies", York studies the mixed affect of reluctance, as
it is performed by public figures in the entertainment industries.
Setting aside the question of whether these performances are
offered "in good faith" or not, York theorizes reluctance as the
affective meeting ground of seemingly opposite emotions:
disinclination and inclination. The figures under study in this
book are John Cusack, Robert De Niro, and Daniel Craig-three white,
straight, cis-gendered-male cinematic stars who have persistently
and publicly expressed a feeling of reluctance about their
celebrity. York examines how the performance of reluctance, which
is generally admired in celebrities, builds up cultural prestige
that can then be turned to other purposes.
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