02071nam 22004091 450 99620997500331620200514202323.010.5040/9781849661386(CKB)2670000000415374(OCoLC)774293531(UkLoBP)bpp09257351(EXLCZ)99267000000041537420140929d2012 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFame attack the inflation of celebrity and its consequences /Chris RojekLondon :Bloomsbury Academic,2012.1 online resource (198 pages)Print version: 9781849660723 Print version: 9781849660716 Includes bibliographical references and indexes."The follow up to Chris Rojek's hugely successful Celebrity, this book assesses celebrity culture today. It 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. The book develops the framework for looking at celebrity culture which Rojek set out back in 2001, by showing how ascribed celebrity, achieved celebrity and celetoids overlap. The book gives a new emphasis to the role of the media and public relations in engineering fame, and the psychological consequences of celebrity - notably Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Celebrity Worship Syndrome. The book is a landmark contribution in explaining how celebrities dominate the social horizon and why we need them."--Bloomsbury Publishing.CelebritiesFameCelebrities.Fame.Rojek Chris526901UtOrBLWUtOrBLWUkLoBPBOOK996209975003316Fame Attack1803339UNISA