Elliott Routledge Handbook of Celebrity Studies

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-317-69147-1
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 348 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge International Handbooks

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?

The Routledge Handbook of Celebrity Studies offers a remarkably clear overview of the analysis of celebrity in the social sciences and humanities, and in so doing seeks to develop a new agenda for celebrity studies. The key theories of celebrity, ranging from classical sociological accounts to critical theory, psychoanalytic and feminist approaches, are drawn together and critically appraised. There are substantive chapters looking at fame, renown and celebrity in terms of the media industries, pop music, reality TV, the makeover industries, soap stars, fans and fandom. The Handbook also explores in detail the institutional aspects of celebrity, and especially new forms of mediated action and interaction. From Web 3.0 to social media, the culture of celebrity is fast redefining the public political sphere.

Throughout this volume, there is a strong emphasis on interdisciplinarity with chapters covering sociology, cultural studies, psychology, politics and history. Written in a clear and direct style, this handbook will appeal to a wide undergraduate audience. The extensive references and sources will direct students to areas of further study.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Elliott, Anthony

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Theories and Concepts of Celebrity

1. Celebrity and Contemporary Culture: A Critical Analysis of Some Theoretical Accounts, Anthony Elliott and Ross Boyd

2. Celebrity’s Histories, Robert van Krieken

3. Celebrity in the Contemporary Era, Hannah Hamad

4. Postmodern Theories of Celebrity, Lee Barron

5. Cultural studies and the Politics of Celebrity: From Powerless Elite to Celebristardom, Barry King

6. Celebrity and Religion, Kathryn Lofton

Part II: The Culture of Celebrity

7. The Death of Celebrity: Global Grief, Manufactured Mourning, Anthony Elliott

8. Soap Stars, C. Lee Harrington

9. Celebrity, Fans and Fandom, Nick Stevenson

10. Celebrity in the Social Media Age: Renegotiating the Public and the Private, Anne Jerslev and Mette Mortensen

Part III: Non-Western Celebrity

11. Victims, Bollywood and the Construction of a Cele-meme, Pramod K Nayar

12. K-pop Idols, Artificial Beauty and Affective Fan Relationships in South Korea, Joanna Elfving-Hwang

13. ‘Idols’ in Japan, Asia and the World, Patrick W. Galbraith

14. Celebrity and Power in South America, Nahuel Ribke

15 Celebrity Philanthropy in China: Rethinking Cultural Studies’ ‘Big Citizen’ Critique, Elaine Jeffreys

Part IV: The Conduits of Celebrity

16. Celebrity in the Age of Global Communications Networks, Olivier Driessens

17. Celebrity involvement: Parasocial interaction, identification and worship, William J. Brown

18. Celebrity, Reputational Capital and the Media Industries, Philip Drake

19. Human Rights, Democracy and Celebrity, Mark Wheeler

20. Drastic Plastic: Identity in The Age of Makeover, Anthony Elliott

21. The Great Gomez: John Astin in Conversation with Anthony Elliott

Über Autor(innen)

Anthony Elliott is Dean of External Engagement, Executive Director of the Hawke EU Centre and Research Professor at the University of South Australia. He is the author or editor of some 39 books, including most recently Identity Troubles (Routledge, 2016), The Consequences of Global Disasters (Routledge, 2016, edited with E.L. Hsu) and The Routledge Handbook of Psychoanalysis in the Social Sciences and Humanities (Routledge, 2016, edited with Jeffrey Prager).