Celebrity

Description

In recent years, the study of celebrity has developed and cohered into a flourishing field of social and cultural analysis. There is huge interest in topics such as the politics and logic of glamour; the role of the public-relations industry in manipulating television audiences; the relationship between fame and social control; and the economics of the so-called celebrity industry. And as interest in celebrity continues to explode, a variety of forerunners to its study—drawing on materials from a wide range of disciplines including sociology, cultural studies, history, psychology, organization studies, politics, film, and literary studies—have been rediscovered and reformulated. Among the lines of enquiry and critical tools that have been recuperated as pertinent to the study of celebrity are leadership, charisma, role models, heroes, role sets, ideology, manipulation, commodification, interpellation, narcissism, signification and individuality.

The sheer scale of the available research exploring the many implications of the phenomenon of celebrity—and the breadth and complexity of the canon on which celebrity studies draws—makes this new Major Work from Routledge especially timely. It answers the urgent need for a wide-ranging collection which provides easy access to the key items of scholarly literature, material that is often inaccessible or scattered throughout a variety of specialist journals and books. In four volumes, Celebrity brings together the best and most influential foundational and cutting-edge research on: the aetiology and basic concepts of celebrity (including charisma, narcissism, and commodification); theoretical and methodological approaches (e.g. Marxism, structuralism, semiotics, and cultural materialism); the mechanics of celebrity (such as the sociology and psychology of showmanship); and key controversies and current debates (e.g. the politics of stardom; the superstructure of celebrity; and the interpellation of celebrity news and the media).

Celebrity is supplemented with a full index, and includes a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context. It is destined to be valued by scholars, students, and researchers as a vital research resource.

Contents

VOLUME I: ORIGINS AND HISTORICAL COUNTERPOINTS

Ancient Roots and Controversies

1. R. Meyer, ‘Augustus’ Conception of Himself’, Thought, 1980, 55, 36–50.

2. J. Toynbee, ‘Ruler-Apotheosis in Ancient Rome’, Numismatic Chronicle, 1947, 6th series, 34, 92–103.

3. P. Brown, ‘The Saint as Exemplar in Late Antiquity’, Representations, 1983, 2, 1–28.

4. P. Brandon, ‘The Portrait of Christ: Its Origin and Evolution’, History Today, 1971, 21, 473–81.

Modernity and Celebrity

5. H. Parker, ‘The Formation of Napoleon’s Personality’, French Historical Studies, 1971–2, 7, 6–26.

6. T. Mole, ‘Lord Byron and the End of Fame’, International Journal of Cultural Studies, 2008, 11, 3, 343–61.

7. L. Langbauer, ‘The Celebrity Economy of Victorian Studies’, Victorian Studies, 1993, 36, 4, 466–72.

8. L. Berlanstein, ‘Historicizing and Gendering Celebrity Culture; Famous Women in 19th-Century France’, Journal of Women’s History, 2004, 16, 4, 65–91.

9. E. Barry, ‘From Epitaph to Obituary: Death and Celebrity in 18th-Century British Culture’, International Review of Cultural Studies, 2008, 11, 3, 259–75.

10. L. Butterfield, ‘B. Franklin’s Epitaph’, New Colophon, 1950, 3, 9–39.

11. T. McPherson, ‘Picturing Tragedy: Mrs Siddons as the Tragic Muse Revisited’, Eighteenth-Century Studies, 1973–4, 33, 401–30.

12. N. Dames, ‘Brushes with Fame: Thackeray and the Work of Celebrity’, Nineteenth-Century Literature, 2001 56, 1, 23–51.

13. R. Salmon, ‘Signs of Intimacy: The Literary Celebrity in the "Age of Interviewing"’, Victorian Literature and Culture, 1977, 25, 1, 159–77.

14. Q. Anderson, ‘John Dewey’s American Democrat’, Daedulus, 1979, 108, 5, 145–59.

15. J. Richards, ‘Spreading the Gospel of Self Help: G. A. Henty, and Samuel Smiles’, Journal of Popular Culture, 1982, 16, 2, 52–65.

16. R. Allen, ‘B. F. Keith and the Origins of American Vaudeville’, Theatre Survey, 1980, 21, 105–15.

17. J. Gottlieb, ‘The Marketing of Megalomania’, Journal of Contemporary History, 2006, 41, 35–55.

18. M. Featherstone, ‘The Heroic Life and Everyday Life’, Theory, Culture & Society, 1992, 9, 159–82.

19. T. McFarland, ‘The Originality Paradox’, New Literary History, 1973–4, 447–76.

20. V. Chakraborty, ‘Leadership in East and West: Some Examples’, Journal of Human Values, 2003, 9, 29–52.

VOLUME II: BASIC CONCEPTS AND KEY DEBATES

Basic Concepts

21. S. Turner, ‘Charisma Re-Considered’, Journal of Classical Sociology, 2003, 3, 5–26.

22. S. Kracauer, ‘The Mass Ornament’, New German Critique, 1975, 2, 5, 67–76.

23. D. Horton and R. Wohl, ‘Mass Communications and Para-Social Interaction’, Journal of Psychiatry, 1956, 19, 3, 215–29.

24. S. Asch, ‘Opinions and Social Pressures’, Scientific American, 1955, 193, 31–5.

25. S. Lukes, ‘Political Ritual and Social Integration’, Sociology, 1975, 9, 289–308.

26. A. Garry, ‘Narcissism and Vanity’, Social Theory and Practice, 1982, 8, 2, 145–54.

27. A. Tolson, ‘Being Yourself: The Pursuit of Authentic Celebrity’, Discourse Studies, 2001, 3, 443–57.

28. E. Sternberg, ‘Phantasmagoric Labor: The New Economics of Self Presentation’, Futures, 1998, 30, 1, 3–21.

Key Debates

29. J. Rose, ‘The Cult of Celebrity’, New Formations, 1999, 26, 9–20.

30. T. Gitlin, ‘The Culture of Celebrity’, Dissent, Summer 1998, 81–3.

31. J. Gamson, ‘The Assembly Line of Greatness’, Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 1992, 9, 1–24.

32. D. Marshall et al., ‘Celebrity and the Media’, Australian Journal of Communication, 1999, 27, 1, 55–70.

33. R. Penfold, ‘The Star’s Image, Victimization and Celebrity Culture’, Punishment & Society, 2004, 6, 289–302.

34. Y. Engle and T. Kasser, ‘Why Do Adolescent Girls Idolize Male Celebrities?’, Journal of Adolescent Research, 2005, 20, 263–83.

35. B. P. Fraser et al., ‘Media Celebrities and Social Influence’, Mass Communications and Society, 2002, 1, 2, 183–207.

36. P. Cushman, ‘Why the Self is Empty’, American Psychologist, 1995, 45, 5, 599–611.

37. L. McCutcheon et al., ‘Conceptualization and Measurement of Celebrity Worship’, British Journal of Psychology, 2003, 137, 4, 67–87.

38. B. King, ‘Stardom, Celebrity and the Para-Confession’, Social Semiotics, 2008, 18, 2, 115–32.

39. B. Creed, ‘The Cyberstar’, Screen, 2000, 41, 1, 79–86.

40. J. Baudrillard, ‘The Masses: the Implosion of the Social in the Media’, New Literary History, 1985, 16, 3, 577–89.

41. D. Kellner, ‘TV, Ideology and Emancipatory Popular Culture’, Socialist Review, 1979, 45, 13–53.

42. E. Levy, ‘The Democratic Elite: America’s Movie Stars’, Qualitative Sociology, 1989, 12, 1, 29–54.

43. B. G. Rader, ‘Compensatory Sports Heroes’, Journal of Popular Culture, 1983, 16, 4, 11–22.

44. P. Adler and P. Adler, ‘The Gloried Self’, Social Psychology Quarterly, 1989, 52, 4, 299–310.

VOLUME III: THE INTERDISCIPLINARY MATRIX

History

45. P. Roberts, ‘The Kingdom’s Two Bodies’, French History, 2007, 21, 2, 147–64.

46. J. T. Campbell, ‘Print the Legend: John Wayne and Postwar Culture’, Reviews in American History, 2000, 28, 3, 465–77.

Anthropology

47. C. Yano, ‘Charisma’s Realm: Fandom in Japan’, Ethnology, 1997, 36, 335–49.

48. I. M. Lewis, ‘Spirit Possession and Deprivation Cults’, Man, 1966, 1, 307–29.

Sociology

49. E. Shils, ‘Charisma, Order and Status’, American Sociological Review, 1965, 30, 199–203.

50. G. McCann, ‘Biographical Boundaries: Sociology and Marilyn Monroe’, Theory, Culture & Society, 1985, 4, 4, 619–32.

Psychology

51. J. Maltby et al., ‘Extreme Celebrity Worship, Fantasy Proneness and Disassociation’, Personality and Individual Differences, 2006, 40, 273–83.

52. J. Maltby et al., ‘The Shalt Worship No Other Gods’, Personality and Individual Differences, 2002, 32, 1157–72.

Political Science

53. J. Street, ‘Celebrity Politicians’, British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 2004, 6, 4, 435–52.

54. G. Meyer, ‘Frank Sinatra: The Popular Front and an American Icon’, Science & Society, 2002, 56, 3, 311–35.

Cultural Studies

55. J. McGuigan, ‘British Identity and "the People’s Princess", Sociological Review, 2000, 48, 1, 1–18.

56. G. Turner, ‘The Mass Production of Celebrity’, International Journal of Cultural Studies, 2006, 9, 153–65.

Economics

57. S. Rosen, ‘The Economics of Superstars’, American Economic Review, 1981, 68, 845–58.

58. J. Agrawal and A. Wagner, ‘The Economic Worth of Celebrity Endorsers’, Journal of Marketing, 1995, 59, 56–62.

Media and Communication Studies

59. J. Langer, ‘Television’s "Personality" System’, Media, Culture & Society, 1981, 3, 4, 351–65.

60. S. Boon and C. Lomore, ‘Admirer-Celebrity Relationships Among Young Adults’, Human Communications Research, 2001, 3, 3, 432–65.

Film Studies

61. M. Basil, ‘Identification as a Mediator in Celebrity Effects’, Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 1967, 4, 4, 478–96.

62. R. Dyer, ‘Don’t Look Now’, Screen, 1982, 23, 3–4, 61–73.

Legal Studies

63. R. H. Coase, ‘Payola in Radio and Television Broadcasting’, Journal of Law and Economics, 1979, 22, 269–328.

64. M. Jacoby and D. Zimmerman, ‘Foreclosing on Fame: Exploring the Unchartered Boundaries of the Right of Publicity’, NYU Law Review, 2002, 77, 1322–68.

VOLUME IV: GENRES AND COUNTER-GENRES

Genres: Sport

65. E. Cashmore, ‘Tiger Woods and the New Racial Order’, Current Sociology, 2007, 16, 4, 11–22.

66. D. Andrews et al., ‘Jordanscapes: A Preliminary Analysis of A Global Popular’, Sociology of Sport Journal, 1996, 13, 428–57.

Film

67. B. King, ‘Stardom and Symbolic Degeneracy’, Semiotica, 1992, 92, 1–2, 1–47.

68. B. Austin, ‘Portrait of a Cult Film Audience’, Journal of Communications, 1981, 31, 450–65.

Television

69. R. Silverstone, ‘Television, Ontological Security and the Transitional Object’, Media, Culture & Society, 1993, 15, 1–25.

70. J. Fiske, ‘Television: Polysemy and Popularity’, Critical Studies in Mass Communications, 1986, 3, 391–408.

Popular Music

71. J. Stratton, ‘What Is Popular Music?’, Sociological Review, 1983, 31, 2, 293–309.

72. D. Hesmondhalgh, ‘Flexibility, Post-Fordism and the Music Industries’, Media, Culture & Society, 1996, 18, 3, 469–88.

Audiences

73. M. G. Real, ‘Super Bowl: Mythic Spectacle’, Journal of Communications, 1975, 25, 1, 31–43.

74. M. Hills, ‘Off Guard, Unkempt, Unready? Deconstructing Contemporary Celebrity in Heat Magazine’, Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies, 2005, 19, 1, 21–38.

Counter Genres

75. C. Jenks and J. Lorentzen, ‘The Kray Fascination’, Theory, Culture & Society, 1997, 14, 3, 87–107.

76. J. Frow, ‘Is Elvis God?’, International Journal of Cultural Studies, 1998, 1, 2, 197–210.

77. P. Dietz et al., ‘Threatening and Otherwise: Inappropriate Letters to Hollywood Celebrities’, Journal of Forensic Sciences, 1991, 36, 185–209.

78. M. Wykes, ‘Constructing Crime: Culture, Stalking, Celebrity’, Crime, Media and Culture, 2007, 3, 158–74.

79. L. Schlesinger, ‘Celebrity Stalking, Homicide and Suicide’, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 2006, 50, 39–46.

80. N. Couldry and T. Markham, ‘Celebrity Culture and Public Connection’, International Journal of Cultural Studies, 2007, 10, 403–21.

81. A. M. Rubin et al., ‘Loneliness, Para-Social Interaction and Local Television News Viewing’, Human Communication Research, 1985, 2, 36–53.

82. E. Bronfen, ‘Fault Lines: Catastrophe and Celebrity Culture’, European Studies, 2001, 16, 117–39.

83. S. Stack, ‘Celebrities and Suicide’, American Sociological Review, 1987, 40, 401–12.

84. M. Jamison, ‘Mood Disorders and Patterns of Creativity in British Writers and Artists’, Psychiatry, 1989, 52, 125–34.

85. S. Collins, ‘Making the Most Out of 15 Minutes’, Television & News Media, 2008, 9, 87–110.

86. R. Kilborn, ‘How Real Can You Get? Recent Developments in "Reality" Television’, European Journal of Communication, 1994, 13, 2, 201–18.

87. J. Corner, ‘Performing the Real: Documentary Diversions’, Television and New Media, 2002, 3, 3, 311–22.

88. K. Ferris, ‘Seeing and Being Seen: The Moral Order of Celebrity Sightings’, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 2004, 33, 236–64.

89. L. Van Zoonen, ‘The Personal, the Political and the Popular’, European Journal of Cultural Studies, 2006, 287–301.

90. H. Chung, ‘Sport Star vs Rock Star in Globalizing Popular Culture’, International Review of Sociology of Sport, 2003, 38, 1, 99–108.

91. J. R. Meloy, ‘The Clinical Management of Stalking’, American Journal of Psychotherapy, 1997, 51, 174–84.

92. M. Newbury, ‘Celebrity Watching’, American Literary History, 2000, 12, 1 and 2, 272–83.

93. C. Strozier, ‘Youth Violence and the Apocalyptic’, American Journal of Psychoanalysis, 2002, 62, 3, 285–99.

94. H. Altman, ‘Celebrity Culture’, CQ Researcher, 2005, 15, 11, 1–32.

95. I. Connell, ‘Personalities in the Popular Media’, in P. Dahlgren and C. Sparks (eds.), Journalism and Popular Culture (Sage, 1992), pp. 66–82

96. G. McCracken, ‘Who is the Celebrity Endorser?’, Journal of Consumer Research, 1989, 16, 3, 310–21.

97. J. Rose, ‘The Cult of Celebrity’, London Review of Books, 20 Aug. 1998.

98. J. Maltby et al., ‘The Self Reported Psychological Well-Being of Celebrity Worshippers’, North American Journal of Psychology, 2001, 3, 441–52.

99. F. Alberoni, ‘The Powerless "Elite"’, in S. Redmond and S. Holmes (eds.), Stardom and Celebrity (Sage, 2007), pp. 65–77.

100. B. King, ‘Articulating Stardom’, Screen, 1985, 26, 5, 27–50.

101. R. Silverstone, ‘Special Debate, Flowers and Tears: The Death of Diana, Princess of Wales’, Screen, 1998, 39, 1, 81–4.

102. P. McDonald, ‘I’m Winning on a Star: The Extraordinary World of Stars in Their Eyes’, Critical Survey, 1995, 7, 1, 59–66.

103. L. Mulvey, ‘Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema’, Screen, 1975, 16, 3.

104. A. Bennett, ‘Subcultures or Neo-Tribes?’, Sociology, 1999, 33, 599–617.

105. B. Bryson, ‘What About the Univores? Musical Dislikes and Group-Based Identity Construction Among Americans with Low Levels of Education’, Poetics, 1997, 25, 141, 56.

106. D. Hesmondalgh, ‘Subcultures, Scenes or Tribes?’, Journal Youth Studies, 2005, 8, 21–40.

107. A. Miciak and W. Shanklin, ‘Choosing Celebrity Endorsers’, Marketing Management, 1994, 3, 3, 51–9.

108. G. Smith, ‘The Chosen One’, Sports Illustrated, 1996, 85, 28–52.

109. M. Adler, ‘Stardom and Talent’, American Economic Review, 1985, 75, 208–12.

110. R. Calvert, ‘Leadership and its Basis in Problems of Social Coordination’, International Political Science Review, 1992, 13, 7–24.

111. D. Horton and R. Wohl, ‘Mass Communication and Para-Social Interaction’, Psychiatry, 1956, 19, 215–29.

112. T. Cowen and D. Sutter, ‘Politics and the Pursuit of Fame’, Public Choice, 1997, 93, 19–35.

113. G. Lang and K. Lang, ‘Recognition and Renown’, American Journal of Sociology, 1988, 94, 79–109.

114. R. Ohanian, ‘Construction and Validation of a Scale to Measure Celebrity Endorsers’, Journal of Advertising, 1990, 3, 39–52.

115. M. Rahman, ‘David Beckham as a Historical Moment in the Representation of Masculinity’, Labour History Review, 2004, 69, 2, 219–34.

116. L. Langbauer, ‘The Celebrity Economy of Cultural Studies’, Victorian Studies, 1993, 36, 4, 466–72.

117. C. Nelson, ‘Superstars’, Academe, Jan.–Feb. 1997, 38–54.

118. J. Wicke, ‘Celebrity Material: Materialist Feminism and the Culture of Celebrity’, South Atlantic Quarterly, 1994, 93, 751–78.

119. L. Leets et al. ‘Fans: Exploring Expressed Motivations for Contacting Celebrities’, Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 1995, 14, 102–23.

120. D. Laing, ‘The Music Industry and the "Cultural Imperialism" Thesis’, Media, Culture & Society, 1985, 8, 331–41.

121. L. Lowenthal, ‘The Triumph of Mass Idols’, Literature, Popular Culture and Society (Pacific Book Publishing, 1961), pp. 109–44.

122. S. Kracauer, ‘Cult of Distraction’, New German Critique, 1987, 14, 40, 91–6.

123. T. Bright, ‘Pop Music in the USSR’, Media, Culture & Society, 1986, 8, 357–69.

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