1st Edition
Gender and Australian Celebrity Culture
Introduction: ‘Gendering Australian celebrity’, Anthea Taylor and Joanna McIntyre
Part I
Celebrity masculinities and settler colonialism
Chapter One: ‘From mild colonial boy to Jake the Paed: Rolf Harris and Australian celebrity masculinity in the UK’, Tanya Serisier
Chapter Two: ‘The manly whiteness of Russell Crowe’, Sean Redmond
Chapter Three: ‘Johnathan Thurston, Indigeneity, and technologies of masculinity in Australian sporting celebrity culture’, Holly Randell-Moon
Part II
Feminist politics and celebrity feminisms
Chapter Four: ‘Celebritised anger: Theorising feminist rage, voice, and affective injustice through Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette’, Jilly Kay Boyce
Chapter Five: ‘Clementine Ford, online misogyny, and the labour of celebrity feminism’, Anita Brady
Chapter Six: "Good" girl turned "bad": Tracey Spicer’s memoir, celebrity feminist journalism, and #MeToo activism in Australia’, Anthea Taylor
Part III
Queer celebrity and marginalised subjectivities
Chapter Seven: ‘Interviewing a queer national celebrity: Carlotta as an "outsider within" Australian celebrity culture’, Joanna McIntyre
Chapter Eight: ‘"It was nice for me watching that, because [Magda Szubanski] was very calming": LGBTIQ+ Australians respond to marriage equality activism’, Lucy Watson
Part IV
Self-presentation and celebrity femininities
Chapter Nine: ‘"I can call myself Australian if I want to": Natalie Tran and Asian Australian femininity on YouTube’, Sara Tomkins
Chapter Ten: ‘Disarming femininity: Annabel Crabb, celebrity, politics and culture’, Frances Bonner
Chapter Eleven: ‘"Australian TV’s golden girl": Asher Keddie, Offspring, and the celebrity motherhood narrative’, Renee Middlemost
Biography
Anthea Taylor is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Gender and Cultural Studies at the University of Sydney. She is the author of four monographs in feminist media and cultural studies, the most recent of which is Postfeminism in Context: Women, Australian Popular Culture, and the Unsettling of Postfeminism (with Margaret Henderson, Routledge, 2020). Her book on Germaine Greer, celebrity, and the archive is forthcoming with Routledge.
Joanna McIntyre is a Lecturer in Media Studies at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne. She has published extensively in the fields of media studies, trans studies, celebrity studies, and queer theory, including in the European Journal of Cultural Studies. Her monograph, Transgender Celebrity, is forthcoming with Routledge.
"Marked by originality, breadth and timeliness, this collection significantly enriches the literature on national celebrity cultures. Particularly striking is the lucidity of the analysis for those who lack familiarity with the Australian context (but hope to gain it)." - Diane Negra, University College Dublin
"This rich and lively collection of essays brings the analysis of celebrity in Australia right up to date: not only through its savvy selection of subjects, and the focus on the cultural conjunctures within which they resonate, but also by demonstrating gender's centrality to the discussion of contemporary formations of celebrity." - Graeme Turner, University of Queensland
