From TV's Big Brother, to Heat magazine, this Reader includes classic pieces and contemporary writings to examine the study of celebrity over the last twenty years, and the significance and importance of celebrity in contemporary culture. Acknowledgements x Permissions xi Editor's introduction 1(16) PART ONE Celebrity and Modernity: The Historical Pattern of Celebrity 17(160) Introduction to Part One 19(2) Man as Actor 21(14) Richard Sennett The Longing of Alexander 35(20) Leo Braudy The Sociology of Charistmatic Authority the Nature of Charistmatic Authority and Its Routinization 55(17) Max Weber From Hero to Celebrity: The Human Pseudo-Event 72(19) Daniel J. Boorstin The Discourse on Acting 91(17) Richard de Cordova The Powerless `Elite': Theory and Sociological Research on the Phenomenon of the Stars 108(16) Francesco Alberoni The Triumph of Mass Idols 124(29) Leo Lowenthal Stars as Images 153(24) Richard Dyer PART TWO The Textual and the Extra-Textual Dimensions of the Public Persona 177(134) Introduction to Part Two 179(2) Television's `Personality System' 181(15) John Langer The Meanings of the Popular Music Celebrity: The Construction of Distinctive Authenticity 196(27) P. David Marshall Is Straight the New Quffr? David Beckham and the Dialectics of Celebrity 223(6) Momin Rahman Articulating Stardom 229(23) Barry King Feminine Fascinations: A Question of Identification? 252(34) Jackie Stacey Australian Idol and the Attention Economy 286(5) Charles Fairchild Reading Gossip Magazines: The Imagined Communities of `Gossip' and `Camp' 291(20) Joke Hermes PART THREE Ascribed Celebrity: The Transformed Public Sphere 311(128) Introduction to Part Three 313(2) Intimately Intertwined in the Most Public Way: Celebrity and Journalism 315(9) P. David Marshall The Reign of Hype: The Contemporary (Literary) Star System 324(21) Joe Moran America's New Son: Tiger Woods and America's Multiculturalism 345(14) C. L. Cole David L. Andrews The Celebrity Politician: Political Style and Popular Culture 359(12) John Street Academostars: Name Recognition 371(18) Jeffrey J. Williams Celebrity and Religion 389(29) Chris Rojek Phantasmagoric Labor: The New Economics of Self-Presentation 418(21) Ernest Sternberg PART FOUR Transgression: Scandal, Notoriety and Infamy 439(108) Introduction to Part Four 441(2) Investigating the Serial Killer: The Seeking of Origins 443(11) Richard Tithecott (Don't) Leave Me Alone: Tabloid Narrative and the Michael Jackson Child-Abuse Scandal 454(16) Stephen Hinerman The Quest for Fame 470(17) David Giles Celebrity, the Tabloid and the Democratic Public Sphere 487(14) Graeme Turner The Celebrity Legacy of the Beatles 501(9) P. David Marshall Exemplary Differences: Mourning (And Not Mourning) A Princess 510(20) Richard Johnson Vanishing Point 530(17) Catharine Lumby PART FIVE Narcissism, Fandom and the Will to Celebrity 547(98) Introduction to Part Five 549(2) I Don't Have a Great Body, But I Play One on TV: The Celebrity Guide to Fitness and Weight Loss in the United States 551(6) Elizabeth Arveda Kissling Beauty and the Female Body 557(24) Kathy Davis Is There a Fan in the House? The Affective Sensibility of Fandom 581(10) Lawrence Grossberg ``I'll Be Here with You'': Fans, Fantasy and the Figure of Elvis 591(18) Stephen Hinerman The Psychology of Achieved Celebrity 609(9) Chris Rojek ``John, A 20-Year-Old Boston Native with a Great Sense of Humor'': On the Spectacularization of the ``Self'' and the Incorporation of Identity in the Age of Reality Television 618(16) Alison Hearn New Media -- New Self: The Changing Power of Celebrity 634(11) P. David Marshall PART SIX The Celebrity Industry: the Management of Fame 645(154) Introduction to Part Six 647(2) The Private Ownership of People 649(17) Kembrew McLeod Walter Winchell: Stardom 666(32) Neal Gabler The Negotiated Celebration 698(23) Joshua Gamson Author(iz)ing the Celebrity: Engendering Alternative Identities 721(49) Rosemary Coombe Producing Celebrity 770(29) Graeme Turner Frances Bonner P. David Marshall Conclusion 799(3) References 802(27) Index 829