Author Description

On Television, In Magazines And Books, On The Internet And In Films: Celebrities Of All Sorts Seem To Monopolize Our Attention. This Book Brings New Dimensions To Our Understanding Of Celebrity, Capturing The Way In Which The Figure Of ‘the Celebrity’ Is Bound Up With The Emergence Of Modernity. It Outlines How The ‘celebrification Of Society’ Is Not Just The Twentieth-century Product Of Hollywood And Television, But A Long-term Historical Process, Beginning With The Printing Press, Theatre And Art. From Fame To Celebrity: The Celebritization Of Society -- Producing Celebrity And The Economics Of Attention -- Celebrity As A Social Form: Status, Charisma And Power -- Imagined Community And Long-distance Intimacy -- Celebrity In Politics, Diplomacy And Development -- Business And Management Celebrity -- Celebrity's Futures: 15 Minutes Of Fame, Or Fame In 15 Minutes. Robert Van Krieken. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [149]-179) And Index.