Celebrity society
by
 
Van Krieken, Robert.

Title
: 
Celebrity society

Author
: 
Van Krieken, Robert.

ISBN
: 
9780415581493
 
9780415581509

Personal Author
: 
Van Krieken, Robert.

Publication Information
: 
New York : Routledge, 2012.

Physical Description
: 
xi, 186 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents
: 
From fame to celebrity: the celebritization of society -- Producing celebrity and the economics of attention -- Celebrity as a social form : status, charisma and power -- Imagined community and long-distance intimacy -- Celebrity in politics, diplomacy and development -- Business and management celebrity -- Celebrity's futures : 15 minutes of fame, or fame in 15 minutes.

Abstract
: 
This book brings new dimensions to our understanding of celebrity, capturing the way in which the figure of the celebrity is bound up with the emergence of modernity and outlines how the celebrification of society is not just the 20th c product of Hollywood and television, but a long-term historical process. Author from Uni of Sydney.

Subject Term
: 
Fame -- Social aspects.
 
Celebrities.
 
Media -- Social aspects.


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