Routledge handbook of celebrity studies:

Ours is the age of celebrity. An inescapable aspect of daily life in our media-saturated societies of the twenty-first century, celebrity is celebrated for its infinite plasticity and glossy seductions. But there is also a darker side. Celebrity culture is littered from end to end with addictions, p...

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Other Authors: Elliott, Anthony 1964- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London Routledge 2018
Series:Routledge international handbooks
Routledge international handbooks
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Summary:Ours is the age of celebrity. An inescapable aspect of daily life in our media-saturated societies of the twenty-first century, celebrity is celebrated for its infinite plasticity and glossy seductions. But there is also a darker side. Celebrity culture is littered from end to end with addictions, pathologies, neuroses, even suicides. Why, as a society, are we held in thrall to celebrity? What is the power of celebrity in a world of increasing consumerism, individualism and globalization?
Item Description:Title from PDF title page (viewed 7/3/2018)
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 335 pages) illustrations
ISBN:9781315776774
1315776774
9781138022942
1138022942
9781317691471
1317691474
9781317691488
1317691482
9781317691464
1317691466

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