Fame Attack: The Inflation of Celebrity and Its Consequences
- ISBN-10
- 1849660719
- ISBN-13
- 9781849660716
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 198
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-04-10
- Publisher
- A&C Black
- Author
- Chris Rojek
Description
The follow up to the hugely successful 'Celebrity', this is an analysis of what celebrity culture is today. In 2001, the phenomenon of Jade Goody and reality TV shows was in its infancy. Now, Rojek explores celebrity engineering, technologies of fame creation and issues of loneliness and uncertainty. It is set to become the benchmark in the field.
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- 2012-01-05
- 208 pages
- Paperback
- A&C Black
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