000			01758 a2200169 4500
999			_c25832 _d25832
020			_a9781138295063
082			_a306.4 _bVAN-C
100			_aVan Krieken, Robert
245			_aCelebrity society _b: the struggle for attention
250			_a2nd Edition
260			_bRoutledge _c2019 _aLondon
300			_a246p.
504			_aInclude Bibliography and Index
520			_aOn television and in films, in magazines and books, on the Internet and in the realm of politics, celebrities of all sorts seem to dominate our attention. Celebrity Society: The Struggle for Attention brings new perspectives to our understanding of how the figure of 'the celebrity' is bound up with the structure and dynamics of society, economics, and politics. It outlines how the 'celebrification of society' is not just the twentieth-century product of Hollywood and television, but a long-term historical process, beginning with Christian saints, the printing press, theatre, and art. In this second edition the author has updated and significantly revised this path-breaking book to include a more detailed discussion of attention capital, the question of gender and celebrity, populism, fans, fandom, and self-formation, micro-celebrity, and personal or self-branding, the 'worker celebrity', and the impact of social media such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. Celebrity is an exciting and rapidly expanding field of social science, making this engaging book a valuable resource for students and scholars in sociology, politics, history, celebrity studies, cultural studies, the sociology of media, and cultural theory.
650			_aMass media--Social aspects _vFame--Social aspects _vFame--Psychological aspects _vPopular culture
942			_2ddc _cBK