(Extra)ordinary? : the concept of authenticity in celebrity and fan studies / edited by Jade Alexander, Katarzyna Bronk.

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Leiden ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, [2018]
Description
1 online resource (145 pages).

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Series
  • At the interface/probing the boundaries ; Volume 101. [More in this series]
  • At the Interface/Probing the Boundaries ; Volume 101
Summary note
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.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on print version record.
Contents
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Introduction: (Extra)Ordinary? / Jade Alexander and Katarzyna Bronk
  • Constructing Celebrity
  • “The Big Fellow Is Dead!”: Michael Collins as Celebrity and Nationalist Martyr / Amber Anna Colvin
  • Mediating Bieber in Canada: Authenticating Nation in Fame / Samita Nandy
  • Literary Celebrity, Politics and the Nobel Prize: The Nobel Lecture as an Authorial Self-Fashioning Platform / Sandra Mayer
  • (Re)Envisioning Stardom
  • Oscar Wilde’s Long Afterlife: Victorian Celebrity and Its Transformations in Modern Culture / Anna Fomichenko
  • Touching Fame: Exploring Interactional Dynamics between Local Celebrities and Fans in Sydney’s Roller Derby Scene / Jade Alexander
  • Celebrity Awards, Fan Communities and the Reconstruction of “High” and “Low” Cultures / Mira Moshe
  • Back Matter
  • Index.
ISBN
90-04-36695-4
Doi
  • 10.1163/9789004366954
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