LEADER 02687nam 2200481 450 001 9910156244503321 005 20170119084933.0 010 $a1-5095-1143-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000919810 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4721152 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000919810 100 $a20161103h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aCelebrity $ecapitalism and the making of fame /$fMilly Williamson 210 1$aCambridge, England ;$aMalden, Massachusetts :$cPolity Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (174 pages) 311 $a0-7456-4104-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"It is a truism to suggest that celebrity pervades all areas of life today. The growth and expansion of celebrity culture in recent years has been accompanied by an explosion of studies of the social function of celebrity and investigations into the fascination of specific celebrities. And yet fundamental questions about what the system of celebrity means for our society have yet to be resolved: Is celebrity a democratization of fame or a powerful hierarchy built on exclusion? Is celebrity created through public demand or is it manufactured? Is the growth of celebrity a harmful dumbing down of culture or an expansion of the public sphere? Why has celebrity come to have such prominence in today’s expanding media? Milly Williamson unpacks these questions for students and researchers alike, re-examining some of the accepted explanations for celebrity culture. The book questions assumptions about the inevitability of the growth of celebrity culture, instead explaining how environments were created in which celebrity output flourished. It provides a compelling new history of the development of celebrity (both long-term and recent) which highlights the relationship between the economic function of celebrity in various media and entertainment industries and its changing social meanings and patterns of consumption"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aCelebrities 606 $aMass media 606 $aPerforming art 606 $aFame$xSocial aspects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCelebrities. 615 0$aMass media. 615 0$aPerforming art. 615 0$aFame$xSocial aspects. 676 $a305.5/2 686 $aSOC052000$2bisacsh 700 $aWilliamson$b Milly$01126168 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910156244503321 996 $aCelebrity$92657492 997 $aUNINA