Fame Attack

The Inflation of Celebrity and Its Consequences

Bibliographic Data

ID5800633
AuthorsChris Rojek, Bloomsbury Bloomsbury
Year2012
Publication date2012-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueFame Attack (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing plc (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.5040/9781849661386
OpenAlexW3010598446
Open LibraryOL28471748M
ISBN9781849661386
LanguageEN
Citations received59
References cited6

The follow up to Chris Rojek's hugely successful Celebrity, this book assesses celebrity culture today. It explores how the fads, fashions and preoccupations of celebrities enter the popular lifeblood, explains what is distinctive about contemporary celebrity, and reveals the psychological, social and economic consequences of fame both upon the public and celebrities themselves. The book develops the framework for looking at celebrity culture which Rojek set out back in 2001, by showing how ascribed celebrity, achieved celebrity and celetoids overlap. The book gives a new emphasis to the role of the media and public relations in engineering fame, and the psychological consequences of celebrity - notably Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Celebrity Worship Syndrome. The book is a landmark contribution in explaining how celebrities dominate the social horizon and why we need them

Celebrity culture · Popular culture · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Media Influence and Health · Celebrities · Celebrities in mass media · Fame · Mass media · Social aspects

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