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Television Personalities : Stardom and the Small Screen.

Celebrities have come to increasingly dominate the media and its study in contemporary culture. Although acknowledged as part of this general rise in the importance of celebrity culture, television's specific forms of stardom have until now remained largely under-theorised. Television Personali...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bennett, James, 1978-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Permissions; Introduction; Part I 'TV must train its own stars': The invention of the television personality; Chapter 2 An 'irreconcilable opposition': Music hall, radio and the emergence of televisual skill; Chapter 3 'Too much glamour?': Glamour, gender and 'in-vision' announcers; Part II 'Oooh, I'm an entertainer it's what I do': Political economy, performance and pleasure; Chapter 4 'You don't know anyone ': The political economy of television fame.
  • Chapter 5 The art of 'being yourself ': Pleasure, meaning and achievement in performancePart III The television personality system revisited: Ordinariness and DIY fame; Chapter 6 Just 'an ordinary bloke': National identity and ideology; Chapter 7 'Get Internet famous! (Even if you're nobody)': Multiplatform fame and the television personality system in the digital era; Notes; References; Index.