Celebrity Culture Reader

What defines celebrity?From the new celebrity culture that has emerged from reality television and the internet to the paparazzi-filled endgame of Princess Diana and the bizarre trials and tribulations of Michael Jackson, The Celebrity Culture Reader documents the significant role that celebrities occupy in contemporary culture.Through a combination of classic pieces and contemporary writings, the proliferation of the study of celebrity, the significance and importance of the celebrity, and how we define that celebrity is explored in detail.Taking a broad definition of the concept of celebrity, The Celebrity Culture Reader discusses: cult celebrity status from Alexander the Great to the present infamy and the serial killer the celebrity status of literary authors the emergence of CEOs as corporate business celebrities the celebrity body the role of celebrity in politics the non-celebrity of reality TV With television programmers like Big Brother , and magazines like Heat and Closer feeding the public's obsession, The Celebrity Culture Reader is a perfectly timed, definitive collection of writings on this complex contemporary phenomenon.Marshall, P. David is the author of 'Celebrity Culture Reader', published 2006 under ISBN 9780415337922 and ISBN 0415337925.