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Stardom and Celebrity: A Reader

By: Redmond, Sean (ed.) | Holmes, Su (ed.).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Thousand Oaks, Sage, 2007Description: 375 pages.ISBN: 978-1-412-92321-7.Subject(s): celebrity | fame | stars | stardom | history | celebrity studies | sociology | media studiesOnline resources: Publisher's website Summary: This book brings together some of the seminal interventions which have structured the development of star/celebrity studies, while crucially combining and situating these within the context of new essays which address the contemporary, cross-media and international landscape of today's fame culture. At the core of the collection is a desire to map out a unique historical trajectory – both in terms of the development of fame, as well as the historical development of star/celebrity studies.
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This book brings together some of the seminal interventions which have structured the development of star/celebrity studies, while crucially combining and situating these within the context of new essays which address the contemporary, cross-media and international landscape of today's fame culture. At the core of the collection is a desire to map out a unique historical trajectory – both in terms of the development of fame, as well as the historical development of star/celebrity studies.

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