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(Extra)Ordinary?: The Concept of Authenticity in Celebrity and Fan Studies

(Extra)Ordinary?: The Concept of Authenticity in Celebrity and Fan Studies

Paperback

General Sociology

ISBN10: 900436658X
ISBN13: 9789004366589
Publisher: Brill
Published: May 17 2018
Pages: 140
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.20 Width: 5.90 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
Questioning what makes a celebrity and how celebrity is controlled, dispersed and received are aspects branching out of (Extra)Ordinary's debate over celebrities as ordinary/extraordinary. Jade Alexander and Katarzyna Bronk, together with the authors whose chapters make up this inter-disciplinary discussion, not only utilise the existing research on celebrity and fandom, but they also go beyond the often-quoted theorists to engage in multidirectional analyses of what it means to be a celebrity, and what influence they have on the consuming public. The present book provides an avenue for exploring not just what celebrity is as a discursive construction, but also how this involves a complex interplay between celebrities, the media and the audience.

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