LEADER 04743nam 22007453u 450 001 9910597894303321 005 20210106233009.0 010 $a1-283-47912-5 010 $a9786613479129 010 $a1-84966-804-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000131389 035 $a(EBL)819840 035 $a(OCoLC)768082887 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000635164 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12218665 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000635164 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10651965 035 $a(PQKB)10339332 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC819840 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000131389 100 $a20130418d2012|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFame Attack$b[electronic resource] $eThe Inflation of Celebrity and its Consequences 210 $aLondon $cBloomsbury Publishing$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (209 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84966-071-9 327 $aCover; Contents; Preface: The New Aristocracy of Fame; 1 Celebrity Supernova; Fame attack: Defined; 'He who sings or dances the best...'; Domestic and factory systems of fame; The appeal of notoriety; The factory system and cultural intermediaries; Edward Bernays and the public relations mill; The public relations-Media hub; 2 The Fame Formula; Jade Goody; Madonna; 3 Celebrity and Sickness; Celebrity mortality and the mirror effect; Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD); Child stardom and its consequences; Fame, bipolarity and borderline personality disorder; Celebrity worship syndrome 327 $aStalkingSuicide and attempted suicide; The Absorption-Addiction Model; 4 Charisma Gulch; The meaning of charisma; Celebrity and charisma today; Advocacy and diplomacy; Celanthropy; Celanthropy before Live Aid; The Balance Sheet of Celanthropy; 5 Exposure Management; Image aggregation and image accumulation; Celebrity cognitive dissonance; 6 Supply Side Factors in Celebrity Inflation; Branding; The cultural literacy of the public; 7 Demand Side Factors; Articulation and the culture of display; Hero worship and narcissistic idealization; Achievement famine and its discontents 327 $aNarcissism and societyReligion, and its decline in the West; 8 Para-social Relationships; Celebrity icons; Lady Gaga: Gay icon; Totemic celebrity; Syndicated fraternization; Ordinary conversations: The value of access, utility and labour; Para-social conversations; 9 The Icarus Complex; Celanthropy and its discontents; Tom Cruise: Scientology, postnatal depression and Oprah; Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross: Sachsgate; The personal element in para-social persuasion; 10 Reality TV: The Return of the Fool; The fool and reality TV; The structure of the fool; The fool in the court of reality TV 327 $a11 The Sphinx of Celebrity and the Idolatry FunfairThe public celebrity; Celebrity and the need for transcendence; The fear of idolatry; Conclusion: 'When You Wish Upon A Star...'; Notes; Bibliography; Author Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; W; Y; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z 330 $aThe 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 517 $aFame Attack 606 $aCelebrities in mass media 606 $aCelebrities 606 $aPopular culture 606 $aPhilosophy$2HILCC 606 $aEnglish$2HILCC 606 $aPhilosophy & Religion$2HILCC 606 $aLanguages & Literatures$2HILCC 606 $aAmerican Literature$2HILCC 606 $aEthics$2HILCC 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aCelebrities in mass media. 615 4$aCelebrities. 615 4$aPopular culture. 615 7$aPhilosophy 615 7$aEnglish 615 7$aPhilosophy & Religion 615 7$aLanguages & Literatures 615 7$aAmerican Literature 615 7$aEthics 676 $a305.52 700 $aRojek$b Chris$0526901 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910597894303321 996 $aFame Attack$91803339 997 $aUNINA