Fame attack : the inflation of celebrity and its consequences /

Fame attack : the inflation of celebrity and its consequences /

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Author / Creator:Rojek, Chris.
Imprint:London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2012.
©2012
Description:1 online resource (ix, 198 pages)
Language:English
Subject:
Celebrities.
Popular culture.
Famous Persons
Popular Culture
Celebrities.
Popular culture.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13416854
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ISBN:9781849668040
1849668043
9781849661386
1849661383
1849660727
9781849660723
1849660719
9781849660716
9781849668057
1849668051
9781849660716
9781849660723
Digital file characteristics:text file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary:"The follow up to Chris Rojek's hugely successful Celebrity, this book assesses celebrity culture today. It explores how the fads, fashions and preoccupations of celebrities enter the popular lifeblood, explains what is distinctive about contemporary celebrity, and reveals the psychological, social and economic consequences of fame both upon the public and celebrities themselves. The book develops the framework for looking at celebrity culture which Rojek set out back in 2001, by showing how ascribed celebrity, achieved celebrity and celetoids overlap. The book gives a new emphasis to the role of the media and public relations in engineering fame, and the psychological consequences of celebrity - notably Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Celebrity Worship Syndrome."--Publisher's description
Other form:Print version: 9781849660723
Print version: 9781849660716
Table of Contents:
  • The New Aristocracy of Fame
  • Celebrity Supernova
  • The Fame Formula
  • Celebrity and Sickness
  • Charisma Gulch
  • Exposure Management
  • Supply Side Factors in Celebrity Inflation
  • Demand Side Factors
  • Para-social Relationships
  • The Icarus Complex
  • Reality TV
  • The Sphinx of Celebrity and the Idolatry Funfair.

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