Fame attack : the inflation of celebrity and its consequences / Chris Rojek.
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TextPublication details: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2012Description: ix, 198 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781849660716 (pbk.) :; 1849660719 (pbk.) :; 9781849668057 (ebook) :; 1849668051 (ebook) :Subject(s): Fame | Fame -- Social aspects | Celebrities | Celebrities -- Psychology | Celebrities in mass media | Popular culture | SocietyDDC classification: 305.5'2 Summary: Assessing celebrity culture today, this title explores how the fads, fashions and preoccupations of celebrities enter the popular lifeblood, explains what is distinctive about contemporary celebrity, and reveals the psychological, social and economic consequences of fame both upon the public and celebrities themselves.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Assessing celebrity culture today, this title explores how the fads, fashions and preoccupations of celebrities enter the popular lifeblood, explains what is distinctive about contemporary celebrity, and reveals the psychological, social and economic consequences of fame both upon the public and celebrities themselves.
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