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Disassembling the celebrity figure : credibility and the incredible /

This book questions the credibility of celebrity brands, exploring how fandoms depend on perceptions and representations of authenticity. It asks how authenticity is projected by global celebrities, and how fans consume these carefully curated personas, and explores how the media breaks down barrier...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Lam, Celia (Editor ), Raphael, Jackie (Editor ), Weber, Millicent (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : Brill Rodopi, [2018]
Colección:At the interface/probing the boundaries ; 99.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Disassembling the Celebrity Figure: Credibility and the Incredible; Copyright; Table of Contents; Assembling Celebrity Analysis; Part I Constructed Authenticity: Fan Consumption of Celebrity Persona; Johnny's Idol Persona Constructions and Female Fandom Consumption; 'Everyone is so Cynical': On Authenticity in the World of Gaga; Participatory Consumption of Celebrity Products: Gangnam Style and its Parodies; Part II Deconstructing Authenticity: 'Getting Backstage' Behind Celebrity Personas; Stars Are Like Us: a Discourse Analysis of Printed Celebrity Press.
  • Backstage Spaces: The Sherlock IncidentEvery Breath You Take: Sasaeng Fans; Part III Structured Authenticity: Eternal Celebrity Brands; Paul Walker: The Facts and the Fiction; Trapped: James Douglas Morrison and His Enduring Celebrity Persona; Part IV Reconstructed Authenticity: Contemporary Re-Imagining of Historical Figures; Did it Really Happen? Celebrity and Authenticity; The Biopic Bias and Becoming Jane; Shamadeus? Reconstructing Mozart: The Continuing Impact of Amadeus and Myths on Mozart Reception.