{"product_id":"celebrity-capitalism-and-the-making-of-fame-hardback-9780745641041","title":"Celebrity; Capitalism and the Making of Fame (Hardback) 9780745641041","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCelebrity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCapitalism and the Making of Fame\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMilly Williamson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745641041, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 October 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e216 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15 x 2.3 cm, 0.476 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The book we’ve been waiting for! At last, a lucid guide to the political economy of celebrity culture. Ranging from the gendered star system of eighteenth-century theatre to the abuse of \"ordinary\" people in contemporary reality TV, Milly Williamson brings historical and theoretical sophistication to her lively analysis of the mutating relationship between celebrity and capitalism – all the while foregrounding \"competing ideals and values about what it means to be human\".' \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJo Littler, City University, London\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'There are myths about celebrity. Is it a sign of a decaying culture? Is it part of human nature to obsess over stars? Milly Williamson sidesteps these tired questions to get to the heart of the matter by providing the economic history that underpins the phenomenon. A game-changing contribution.' \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eToby Miller, University of California, Riverside\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"…a much needed contribution to the sprawling field of celebrity studies\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCommunication\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIt is a truism to suggest that celebrity pervades all areas of life today. The growth and expansion of celebrity culture in recent years has been accompanied by an explosion of studies of the social function of celebrity and investigations into the fascination of specific celebrities. And yet fundamental questions about what the system of celebrity means for our society have yet to be resolved: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs celebrity a democratization of fame or a powerful hierarchy built on exclusion? Is celebrity created through public demand or is it manufactured? Is the growth of celebrity a harmful dumbing down of culture or an expansion of the public sphere? Why has celebrity come to have such prominence in today’s expanding media? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMilly Williamson unpacks these questions for students and researchers alike, re-examining some of the accepted explanations for celebrity culture. The book questions assumptions about the inevitability of the growth of celebrity culture, instead explaining how environments were created in which celebrity output flourished. It provides a compelling new history of the development of celebrity (both long-term and recent) which highlights the relationship between the economic function of celebrity in various media and entertainment industries and its changing social meanings and patterns of consumption.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e  Chapter One: What is Celebrity? The Changing Character of Fame\u003cbr\u003e  Chapter Two: Celebrity and the Theatre: modernity and commercial culture \u003cbr\u003e  Chapter Three: Celebrity and the industrialisation of cultural production: the case of the mass press and the cinema\u003cbr\u003e  Chapter Four: Celebrity and News\u003cbr\u003e  Chapter Five: Ordinary Celebrity\u003cbr\u003e  Chapter Six: Social media and celebrity: the internet of �self�\u003cbr\u003e  Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e  Notes\u003cbr\u003e  References\u003cbr\u003e  Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407305830680,"sku":"9780745641041","price":43.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745641041.jpg?v=1784160502","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/celebrity-capitalism-and-the-making-of-fame-hardback-9780745641041","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}