Celebrity and Power: Fame in Contemporary Culture
P. David Marshall
Abstract
Simultaneously celebrated and denigrated, celebrities represent not only the embodiment of success but also the ultimate construction of false value. This book 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. The text also investigates the viewing public’s desire to associate with celebrity and addresses the explosion of instant access to celebrity culture, brin ... More
Simultaneously celebrated and denigrated, celebrities represent not only the embodiment of success but also the ultimate construction of false value. This book 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. The text also 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.
Keywords:
celebrities,
false value,
fame,
public intimacy,
social media,
instant access,
celebrity culture
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2014 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780816695621 |
| Published to Minnesota Scholarship Online: August 2015 |
DOI:10.5749/minnesota/9780816695621.001.0001 |
