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9780816627257

Celebrity and Power

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  • ISBN13:

    9780816627257

  • ISBN10:

    0816627258

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-03-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr
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Summary

The author examines the various kinds of stars, questioning the needs each type fulfills in our lives and relating these needs to particular entertainment media.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Tracing the Meaning of the Public Individualp. 3
Conceptualizing the Collective: The Mob, the Crowd, the Mass, and the Audiencep. 27
Tools for the Analysis of the Celebrity as a Form of Cultural Powerp. 51
The Cinematic Apparatus and the Construction of the Film Celebrityp. 79
Television's Construction of the Celebrityp. 119
The Meanings of the Popular Music Celebrity: The Construction of Distinctive Authenticityp. 150
The System of Celebrityp. 185
The Embodiment of Affect in Political Culturep. 203
Conclusion: Forms of Power/Forms of Public Subjectivityp. 241
Coda: George, Celebrities, and the Shift in Political/Popular Culturep. 248
Notesp. 251
Indexp. 283
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