TY  - BOOK
AU  - Van Krieken, Robert
TI  - Celebrity Society: The Struggle for Attention
SN  - 9781138295063 (pbk.)
U1  - 306.4 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Fame
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Celebrities
KW  - Mass media
N1  - Earlier edition published in 2012; Introduction: understanding celebrity society -- The foundations: individualism, media and the public sphere, theatre, court society -- Celebrity's secret: the economy of attention -- Celebrity as a social form: status, charisma and power -- Imagined community, self-formation, and long-distance intimacy -- Celebrity politics: performance, populism, and philanthropy -- CEO, firm and worker celebrity -- Celebrity in cyberspace: micro-celebrity and globalization -- Conclusion: the elusive rationality of celebrity
ER  -