Routledge Handbook of Celebrity Studies

Book Overview

Ours is the age of celebrity. An inescapable aspect of daily life in our media-saturated societies of the twenty-first century, celebrity is celebrated for its infinite plasticity and glossy seductions. But there is also a darker side. Celebrity culture is littered from end to end with addictions, pathologies, neuroses, even suicides. Why, as a society, are we held in thrall to celebrity? What is the power of celebrity in a world of increasing consumerism,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367659972
• ISBN13: 9780367659974
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.6"