Description
Haven’t we all seen a Black Panther movie and listened to at least a few Harry Styles tunes? Who hasn’t seen a Taylor Swift video? Or can’t name an incident or two involving the Kardashians? Popular fascination with the rich and famous is an inescapable part of contemporary consumer culture. Celebrity Culture is a comprehensive yet accessible survey of the pervasive phenomenon. This new edition of the textbook is fully revised and updated, incorporating up-to-date examples, case studies and additional features, including a timeline and retrospections at the end of chapters.
Whilst recognizing that celebrities have existed for centuries, Cashmore argues that celebrity culture in the 21st century is a novel and unique phenomenon driven by rampant consumerism, advertising and the media. He describes the evolution of a new kind of fame, the growth of consumerism, the rise of the paparazzi, the fluctuating value of sex scandals, the transmutation of blackness, the metamorphosis of the British royal family, the emergence of influencers, the appeal of celebrity couples, the increased visibility of queer culture, the transformation of politics, the reconstruction of talent and the attempts of theories to grasp celebrity culture’s magnetism.
Celebrity Culture will appeal to a wide undergraduate audience throughout the social sciences and humanities.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
Celebrity culture timeline, 18th century – today
2. Fame
3. History
Retrospection: Jack the Ripper, 1888
4. Imagination
Retrospection: The afterlife of Marilyn Monroe, 1962-present
5. Consumption
Retrospection: Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears enter rehab, January/February 2007
6. Paparazzi
Retrospection: Madonna’s "Like a Prayer", 1989
7. Sex
Retrospection: Ye cancelled, October 2022
8. Blackness
Retrospection: Lizzo’s critique of body positivity, 2022
9. Royals
Retrospection: Disney severs ties with PewDiePie, 2017
10. Influence
Retrospection: Wagatha Christie, 2019-2022
11. Couples
Retrospection: Harry Styles at the Met Gala, May 2019
12. Queer
Retrospection: JFK, Sinatra and the Mafia, 1960
13. Politics
Retrospection: R Kelly cleared of child pornography charges, June 2008
14. Talent
Retrospection: China’s Cultural Revolution 2.0, 2021
15. Theories
Retrospection: Taylor Swift breaks Ticketmaster, November 2022
16. Conclusion
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