Celebrity Culture and Crime: The Joy of Transgression

By Ruth Penfold-Mounce

In the 21st century celebrities and celebrity culture thrives. This book explores the much noted but little analyzed relationship between celebrity and crime. Criminals who become celebrities and celebrities who become criminals are examined, drawing on Foucault's theory of governance.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230224687
• ISBN13: 9780230224681
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"