176 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this book the different manifestations, meanings, and processes of the star and celebrity confessional will be explored. The confessional is taken to be any moment in which a star, celebrity, or fan engages in revelatory acts that are considered to be authentic, heart-felt, and honest. These confessional encounters can take place in an interview, through performance and presentation... Read more
1. Introduction: the star and celebrity confessional Sean Redmond
2. Stardom, celebrity and the para-confession Barry King
3. Jade’s confession: racism and the dialectics of celebrity Momin Rahman
4. Pieces of me: celebrity confessional carnality Sean Redmond
5. Still something else besides a mother? Negotiating celebrity motherhood in Sarah Jessica Parker’s star story Deborah Jermyn
6. Living with fame: Geri and Living with Michael Jackson Ian Goode
7. The ethical violence of celebrity chat: Russell Crowe and David Gulpilil Felicity Collins
8. For the love of Jodie Foster: star demystification and national configuration Gabriel Wettach
9. Articulating authenticity through artifice: the contemporary relevance of Tracey Emin’s confessional art Christine Fanthome
10. ‘‘I feel your pain’’: cosmopolitan charity and the public fashioning of the celebrity soul Jo Littler
11. Restricted confessions? Blogging, subcultural celebrity and the management of producer fan proximity Bertha Chin and Matt Hills
2. Stardom, celebrity and the para-confession Barry King
3. Jade’s confession: racism and the dialectics of celebrity Momin Rahman
4. Pieces of me: celebrity confessional carnality Sean Redmond
5. Still something else besides a mother? Negotiating celebrity motherhood in Sarah Jessica Parker’s star story Deborah Jermyn
6. Living with fame: Geri and Living with Michael Jackson Ian Goode
7. The ethical violence of celebrity chat: Russell Crowe and David Gulpilil Felicity Collins
8. For the love of Jodie Foster: star demystification and national configuration Gabriel Wettach
9. Articulating authenticity through artifice: the contemporary relevance of Tracey Emin’s confessional art Christine Fanthome
10. ‘‘I feel your pain’’: cosmopolitan charity and the public fashioning of the celebrity soul Jo Littler
11. Restricted confessions? Blogging, subcultural celebrity and the management of producer fan proximity Bertha Chin and Matt Hills
Biography
Sean Redmond is Senior Lecturer in Film at Victoria University of wellington. He is editor of Celebrity Studies, and co-editor of Framing Celebrity: New Directions in Celebrity Culture (Routledge, 2006). He is presently working on the monographs Celebrity and the Media, and Emotional Celebrity.
