(Extra)ordinary? : : the concept of authenticity in celebrity and fan studies / / edited by Jade Alexander, Katarzyna Bronk.

Questioning what “makes” a celebrity and how celebrity is controlled, dispersed and received are aspects branching out of (Extra)Ordinary’s debate over celebrities as ordinary/extraordinary. Jade Alexander and Katarzyna Bronk, together with the authors whose chapters make up this inter-disciplinary...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:At the Interface/Probing the Boundaries ; Volume 101
TeilnehmendeR:
Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill Rodopi,, [2018]
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:At the interface/probing the boundaries ; Volume 101.
Physical Description:1 online resource (145 pages).
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Introduction: (Extra)Ordinary? / Jade Alexander and Katarzyna Bronk
  • Constructing Celebrity
  • “The Big Fellow Is Dead!”: Michael Collins as Celebrity and Nationalist Martyr / Amber Anna Colvin
  • Mediating Bieber in Canada: Authenticating Nation in Fame / Samita Nandy
  • Literary Celebrity, Politics and the Nobel Prize: The Nobel Lecture as an Authorial Self-Fashioning Platform / Sandra Mayer
  • (Re)Envisioning Stardom
  • Oscar Wilde’s Long Afterlife: Victorian Celebrity and Its Transformations in Modern Culture / Anna Fomichenko
  • Touching Fame: Exploring Interactional Dynamics between Local Celebrities and Fans in Sydney’s Roller Derby Scene / Jade Alexander
  • Celebrity Awards, Fan Communities and the Reconstruction of “High” and “Low” Cultures / Mira Moshe
  • Back Matter
  • Index.