The Celebrity Persona Pandemic

by P. David Marshall

The Celebrity Persona Pandemic explores how the construction of a public persona is fetishized in contemporary culture. As social media has progressively led to a greater focus on the production of the self, so this book looks at the most visible versions of persona through figures such as Stephen Colbert, Cate Blachett, and Justin Bieber, as well as fictional characters like Spock and Harry Potter. Ultimately, P. David Marshall closely...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1517901057
• ISBN13: 9781517901059
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.9" x 6.8"