Framing Celebrity: New directions in celebrity culture

Book Overview

Celebrity culture has a pervasive presence in our everyday lives - perhaps more so than ever before. It shapes not simply the production and consumption of media content but also the social values through which we experience the world. This collection analyses this phenomenon, bringing together essays which explore celebrity across a range of media, cultural and political contexts.

The authors investigate topics such as the intimacy of fame,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415377102
• ISBN13: 9780415377102
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.2"