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Celebrity - Capitalism and the Making of Fame (Paperback) Loot Price: R566
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Celebrity - Capitalism and the Making of Fame (Paperback): M. Williamson

Celebrity - Capitalism and the Making of Fame (Paperback)

M. Williamson

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It is a truism to suggest that celebrity pervades all areas of life today. The growth and expansion of celebrity culture in recent years has been accompanied by an explosion of studies of the social function of celebrity and investigations into the fascination of specific celebrities. And yet fundamental questions about what the system of celebrity means for our society have yet to be resolved: Is celebrity a democratization of fame or a powerful hierarchy built on exclusion? Is celebrity created through public demand or is it manufactured? Is the growth of celebrity a harmful dumbing down of culture or an expansion of the public sphere? Why has celebrity come to have such prominence in today s expanding media? Milly Williamson unpacks these questions for students and researchers alike, re-examining some of the accepted explanations for celebrity culture. The book questions assumptions about the inevitability of the growth of celebrity culture, instead explaining how environments were created in which celebrity output flourished. It provides a compelling new history of the development of celebrity (both long-term and recent) which highlights the relationship between the economic function of celebrity in various media and entertainment industries and its changing social meanings and patterns of consumption.

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Imprint: Polity Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: October 2016
Authors: M. Williamson
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-4105-8
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General
LSN: 0-7456-4105-9
Barcode: 9780745641058

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