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Book Synopsis The Politics of Fame by : Eric Burns
Download or read book The Politics of Fame written by Eric Burns and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2018-12-21 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrities can come from many different realms: film, music, politics, sports. But what do all these major celebrities have in common? What elevates them to the status of household names while their equally talented peers remain in relative obscurity? Is it just a question of charisma, or does fame depend more on the collective fantasies of fans than the actual accomplishments of celebrities? In search of answers, cultural historian Eric Burns delves deep into the biographies of some of the most famous figures in American history, from Benjamin Franklin to Fanny Kemble, Elvis Presley to Gene Tierney, and Michael Jordan to Oprah Winfrey. Through these case studies, he considers the evolution of celebrity throughout the ages. More controversially, he questions the very status of fame in the twenty-first century, an era in which thousands of minor celebrities have seen their fifteen minutes in the spotlight. The Politics of Fame is a provocative and entertaining look at the lives and afterlives of America’s most beloved celebrities as well as the mad devotion they inspired. It raises important questions about what celebrity worship reveals about the worshippers—and about the state of the nation itself
Book Synopsis Celebrity Politics by : Mark Wheeler
Download or read book Celebrity Politics written by Mark Wheeler and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-08-22 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new book, Mark Wheeler offers the first in-depth analysis of the history, nature and global reach of celebrity politics today. Celebrity politicians and politicized celebrities have had a profound impact upon the practice of politics and the way in which it is now communicated. New forms of political participation have emerged as a result and the political classes have increasingly absorbed the values of celebrity into their own PR strategies. Celebrity activists, endorsers, humanitarians and diplomats also play a part in reconfiguring politics for a more fragmented and image-conscious public arena. In academic circles, celebrity may be viewed as a ‘manufactured product’; one fabricated by media exposure so that celebrity activists are no more than ‘bards of the powerful.’ Mark Wheeler, however, provides a more nuanced critique contending that both celebrity politicians and politicized stars should be defined by their ‘affective capacity’ to operate within the public sphere. This timely book will be a valuable resource for students of media and communication studies and political science as well as general readers keen to understand the nature and reach of contemporary celebrity culture.
Book Synopsis RuPaul’s Drag Race and the Cultural Politics of Fame by : John Mercer
Download or read book RuPaul’s Drag Race and the Cultural Politics of Fame written by John Mercer and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the connections between drag stardom and contemporary sexual and cultural politics in the RuPaul’s Drag Race franchise. With Drag Race alumni achieving fame in fields such as music, fashion, theatre and beyond, this edited collection interrogates the relationships between gender, sexuality, performance, identity and celebrity culture that lie at the very heart of the show. RuPaul’s Drag Race has recently completed its 15th season after having won 26 Emmys. The show is a popular culture phenomenon, broadcasting drag into the homes of middle America, spawning spin off shows and an ever-expanding international franchise. Its success has made global stars of its host, guest judges and contestants alike. This edited collection explores the connections between drag stardom and contemporary sexual and cultural politics that RuPaul’s Drag Race stages and dramatizes. Alumni of Drag Race have gone on to become globally famous. Adore Delano and Sharon Needles have launched music careers. Violet Chachki is the first drag model to become the face of Bettie Page Lingerie whilst Jinkx Monsoon has achieved success as a Broadway star. In 2017 RuPaul was named as one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People. Above everything else RuPaul’s Drag Race is a show about celebrating the glamour, artifice and the labour of fame. Whilst Drag Race has already attracted scholarly attention (Brennan & Gudelunas eds. 2017) the relationships between gender, sexuality, performance, identity and celebrity culture that lie at the heart of its dynamic and appeal remain to be explored. RuPaul’s Drag Race and the Cultural Politics of Fame will be a key resource for academics, researchers, and advanced students of Media and Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, Performing Arts, Media and Film Studies, Communication Studies and Sociology. The chapters included in this book were originally published as a special issue of Celebrity Studies.
Download or read book Claims to Fame written by Joshua Gamson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-15 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving from People magazine to publicists' offices to tours of stars' homes, Joshua Gamson investigates the larger-than-life terrain of American celebrity culture. In the first major academic work since the early 1940s to seriously analyze the meaning of fame in American life, Gamson begins with the often-heard criticisms that today's heroes have been replaced by pseudoheroes, that notoriety has become detached from merit. He draws on literary and sociological theory, as well as interviews with celebrity-industry workers, to untangle the paradoxical nature of an American popular culture that is both obsessively invested in glamour and fantasy yet also aware of celebrity's transparency and commercialism. Gamson examines the contemporary "dream machine" that publicists, tabloid newspapers, journalists, and TV interviewers use to create semi-fictional icons. He finds that celebrity watchers, for whom spotting celebrities becomes a spectator sport akin to watching football or fireworks, glean their own rewards in a game that turns as often on playing with inauthenticity as on identifying with stars. Gamson also looks at the "celebritization" of politics and the complex questions it poses regarding image and reality. He makes clear that to understand American public culture, we must understand that strange, ubiquitous phenomenon, celebrity.
Book Synopsis Celebrities, heroes and champions by : Simon James Morgan
Download or read book Celebrities, heroes and champions written by Simon James Morgan and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrities, heroes and champions explores the role of the popular politician in British and Irish society from the Napoleonic Wars to the Second Reform Act of 1867. Covering movements for parliamentary reform up to and including Chartism, Catholic Emancipation, transatlantic Anti-Slavery and the Anti-Corn Law League, as well as the receptions of international celebrities such as Lajos Kossuth and Giuseppe Garibaldi, it offers a unique perspective on the connections between politics and historical cultures of fame and celebrity. This book will interest students and scholars of Britain, Ireland, continental Europe and North America in the nineteenth century, as well as general readers with an interest in the history of popular politics. Its exploration of the relationship between politics and celebrity, and the methods through which public reputations have been promoted and manipulated for political ends, have clear contemporary relevance.
Book Synopsis Political Fame by : Rose Ellen Temple
Download or read book Political Fame written by Rose Ellen Temple and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Politics of Disclosure, 1674-1725 by : Rebecca Bullard
Download or read book The Politics of Disclosure, 1674-1725 written by Rebecca Bullard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a study of the 'secret history', a polemical form of historiography which flourished in England during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
Book Synopsis The Politics of Glory by : Bill James
Download or read book The Politics of Glory written by Bill James and published by Free Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takes a close look at the Baseball Hall of Fame, explaining how it operates, who controls it, how they make decisions, and how players are elected, using the continuing battle over former Yankee Phil Rizzuto to illuminate the controversy. 25,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo.
Book Synopsis The Performance of Celebrity: Creating, Maintaining and Controlling Fame by : Amber Anna Colvin
Download or read book The Performance of Celebrity: Creating, Maintaining and Controlling Fame written by Amber Anna Colvin and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-01-04 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume addresses the study of celebrity across a variety of academic disciplines and time periods, with an emphasis on the ways fame is understood and controlled in the celebrity-audience relationship.
Book Synopsis Aristotle's Ethics and Politics, tr. by J. Gillies by : Aristoteles
Download or read book Aristotle's Ethics and Politics, tr. by J. Gillies written by Aristoteles and published by . This book was released on 1797 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Celebrities in American Elections by : Richard T. Longoria
Download or read book Celebrities in American Elections written by Richard T. Longoria and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-09-02 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using a case study approach, Celebrities in American Elections contends that celebrities have the talent, fame, and resources to succeed in electoral politics. These factors account for the electoral victories of Ronald Reagan, Clint Eastwood, Fred Grandy, Sonny Bono, Jesse Ventura, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Al Franken, and Donald Trump. However, the author argues that these items are insufficient without a favorable political environment; as many celebrities have lost elections as have won them. They lose because their persona does not match the politics of their time, or they represent the minority party in a one party dominated district or state, or they advocate for unpopular policies. Among those that won, nearly half were elected by a plurality – not a majority – of voters. This does not suggest overwhelming public support for celebrity candidates despite their many advantages. With a few exceptions, celebrities that won tended to also win the fundraising battle, while celebrities that lost tended to raise less than their opponent – the normal laws of politics still apply. The celebrity factor, while helpful, does not fully explain why celebrities win or lose elections.
Book Synopsis The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ... by :
Download or read book The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1807 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Fame's Twilight by : Kenneth Newton Colvile
Download or read book Fame's Twilight written by Kenneth Newton Colvile and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Becoming Brands written by Jackie Raphael and published by Waterhill Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Becoming Brands: Celebrity, Activism and Politics explores how celebrities form their brand identities and employ them to enact political, social, and economical change. The book examines the intricate interrelations between power, persona, activism, philanthropy and feminism. Key questions examined by the authors are: how celebrity personas are deployed in on-and-off screen contexts; how on-and-off screen activity impacts on celebrity brand identities; and how consistent messages are conveyed. These questions are explored through case studies including global celebrities such as Angelina Jolie, George Clooney, Miley Cyrus, Emma Watson, Taylor Swift, Donald Trump, Clint Eastwood, Freddie Mercury, and Paul Newman. Additionally, national perspectives are included through exploration of Polish rock-star-turned politician Pawel Kukiz, and feminist Turkish character Driver Nebahat. The aim of this book is to investigate the co-dependent relationship of fame and activism. Whether it is celebrities bringing attention to activism or activists gaining fame, their brand identities can make a difference.
Book Synopsis The Romantic School in France. The Political Background by : Georg Brandes
Download or read book The Romantic School in France. The Political Background written by Georg Brandes and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Benton, Pollock, and the Politics of Modernism by : Erika Doss
Download or read book Benton, Pollock, and the Politics of Modernism written by Erika Doss and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1995-06 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: expressionism.
Book Synopsis The Political Theory of the Schoolmen and Grotius by : John Martin Littlejohn
Download or read book The Political Theory of the Schoolmen and Grotius written by John Martin Littlejohn and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The following pages are the result of investigations in the field of Medieval Politics.
