{"product_id":"routledge-handbook-of-celebrity-studies-9781138022942","title":"Routledge Handbook of Celebrity Studies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOurs 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRoutledge Handbook of Celebrity Studies, \u003c\/em\u003eedited by acclaimed social theorist Anthony Elliott, 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, and from media studies to postmodern approaches, are drawn together and critically appraised. There are substantive chapters l\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart I: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTheories and Concepts of Celebrity \u003c\/strong\u003e1. Celebrity and Contemporary Culture: A Critical Analysis of Some Theoretical Accounts, \u003ci\u003eAnthony Elliott and Ross Boyd \u003c\/i\u003e2. Celebrity’s Histories, \u003ci\u003eRobert van Krieken \u003c\/i\u003e3. Celebrity in the Contemporary Era, \u003ci\u003eHannah Hamad \u003c\/i\u003e4. Postmodern Theories of Celebrity, \u003ci\u003eLee Barron \u003c\/i\u003e5. Cultural Studies and the Politics of Celebrity: From Powerless Elite to Celebristardom, \u003ci\u003eBarry King \u003c\/i\u003e6. Celebrity and Religion, \u003ci\u003eKathryn Lofton \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The Culture of Celebrity \u003c\/b\u003e7. The Death of Celebrity: Global Grief, Manufactured Mourning, \u003ci\u003eAnthony Elliott \u003c\/i\u003e8. Soap Stars, \u003ci\u003eC. Lee Harrington \u003c\/i\u003e9. Celebrity, Fans and Fandom, \u003ci\u003eNick Stevenson \u003c\/i\u003e10. Celebrity in the Social Media Age: Renegotiating the Public and the Private, \u003ci\u003eAnne Jerslev and Mette Mortensen \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Non-Western Celebrity \u003c\/b\u003e11. Victims, Bollywood and the Construction of a Cele-meme, \u003ci\u003ePramod K. Nayar \u003c\/i\u003e12. K-pop Idols, Artificial Beauty and Affective Fan Relationships in South Korea, \u003ci\u003eJoanna Elfving-Hwang \u003c\/i\u003e13. ‘Idols’ in Japan, Asia and the World, \u003ci\u003ePatrick W. Galbraith \u003c\/i\u003e14. Celebrity and Power in South America, \u003ci\u003eNahuel Ribke \u003c\/i\u003e15 Celebrity Philanthropy in China: Rethinking Cultural Studies’ ‘Big Citizen’ Critique, \u003ci\u003eElaine Jeffreys \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: The Conduits of Celebrity \u003c\/b\u003e16. Celebrity in the Age of Global Communication Networks, \u003ci\u003eOlivier Driessens \u003c\/i\u003e17. Celebrity Involvement: Parasocial Interaction, Identification and Worship, \u003ci\u003eWilliam J. Brown \u003c\/i\u003e18. Celebrity, Reputational Capital and the Media Industries, \u003ci\u003ePhilip Drake \u003c\/i\u003e19. Human Rights, Democracy and Celebrity, \u003ci\u003eMark Wheeler \u003c\/i\u003e20. Drastic Plastic: Identity in The Age of Makeover, \u003ci\u003eAnthony Elliott \u003c\/i\u003e21. The Great Gomez: John Astin in Conversation with Anthony Elliott \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577799250263,"sku":"9781138022942","price":204.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138022942.jpg?v=1746096762","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/routledge-handbook-of-celebrity-studies-9781138022942","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}