Fame Attack: The Inflation of Celebrity and Its Consequences

by Chris Rojek (Author)

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  Paperback
  2012

  $36.75

  The follow up to the hugely successful Celebrity, this is an analysis of celebrity culture today. In 2001, the phenomenon of Jade Goody and reality TV shows was in its infancy. Now, Rojek explores celebrity engineering, technologies of fame creation and issues of loneliness and uncertainty. It is set to become the benchmark in the field.