Working the red carpet
A Framework for Analysing Celebrities' Red Carpet Labour
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5675412 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Caitlin E Lawson (0000-0001-8327-2172, University of Michigan, corresponding author), Jimmy Draper (University of Michigan) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 635-648 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Celebrity Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1939-2397 • E-ISSN: 1939-2400 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19392397.2020.1750969 |
| OpenAlex | W3016431078 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 21 |
This article critically assesses celebrities’ labour on the red carpet, with particular attention to the ways in which they engage with a variety of social and political issues. Through a discursive analysis of three 2019 red carpet events, we explore how the norms and values of the red carpet demand different forms of aesthetic and emotional labour from celebrities. We specifically theorise the concept red carpet labour as the multiple intersecting forms of work that celebrities negotiate on the red carpet, which create and constrain the possibilities for them to intervene in broader cultural conversations during their red carpet appearances. These intersecting forms of labour are laid out in a three-part conceptual framework that argues for scholarly attention to how celebrities (1) participate in the construction of red carpets as pseudoevents, (2) work to create a self-brand on the red carpet, and (3) cultivate relationships with the fashion world
Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Engineering · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law
Claims to Fame
Events Design and Experience
We were feminists once
Putting Her on the Shelf
I Click and Post and Breathe, Waiting for Others to See What I See”
Transnational celebrity and the fashion icon
Black art and the burden of representation
Fashion, celebrity and cultural workers
To See and Be Seen
Playing to the Crowd
Celebrity Politicians
Approaching celebrity studies
Keeping up Appearances
Aren't These Just Young, Rich Women Doing Vain Things Online
Recruiting a self
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |