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Book SynopsisQuestioning 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.
Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors Introduction: (Extra)Ordinary? Jade Alexander and Katarzyna Bronk Part 1: Constructing Celebrity 1 “The Big Fellow Is Dead!”: Michael Collins as Celebrity and Nationalist Martyr Amber Anna Colvin 2 Mediating Bieber in Canada: Authenticating Nation in Fame Samita Nandy 3 Literary Celebrity, Politics and the Nobel Prize: The Nobel Lecture as an Authorial Self-Fashioning Platform Sandra Mayer Part 2: (Re)Envisioning Stardom 4 Oscar Wilde’s Long Afterlife: Victorian Celebrity and Its Transformations in Modern Culture Anna Fomichenko 5 Touching Fame: Exploring Interactional Dynamics between Local Celebrities and Fans in Sydney’s Roller Derby Scene Jade Alexander 6 Celebrity Awards, Fan Communities and the Reconstruction of “High” and “Low” Cultures Mira Moshe
