Celebrity
By: Chris Rojek.
Series: Focus on contemporary issues
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Fame.; Fame -- Psychological aspects.; Celebrities -- Psychology.
Description: Brings together celebrated and notorious figures from the arts, sports, politics and other spheres, from Michael Jordan and Paula Yates to David Bowie and Denver's murderous Trench Coat Mafia. Also shows why there is no parallel in history to today's ubiquitous 'living' form of celebrity, powered by newspapers, PR departments, magazines and electronic mass-media. [book cover].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-[205])