Celebrity and Power: Fame in Contemporary Culture 2nd edition

Celebrity and Power: Fame in Contemporary Culture
Illustrated, 15 Aug. 2014
Author: P. David Marshall (Author)
Publisher: University Of Minnesota Press; 2nd edition (15 Aug. 2014)
Language: English
Paperback: 328 pages
ISBN-10: 0816695628
ISBN-13: 9780816695621
Book Description
Simultaneously celebrated and denigrated, celebrities represent not only the embodiment of success, but also the ultimate construction of false value. Celebrity and Power questions the impulse to become embroiled with the construction and collapse of the famous, exploring the concept of the new public intimacy: a product of social media in which celebrities from Lady Gaga to Barack Obama are expected to continuously campaign for audiences in new ways. In a new Introduction for this edition, P. David Marshall investigates the viewing public’s desire to associate with celebrity and addresses the explosion of instant access to celebrity culture, bringing famous people and their admirers closer than ever before.