Australian Film History
authenticity in celebrity confessions
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Catherine Lumby
Celebrity Big Brother
Celebrity Charity
Celebrity Chat
Celebrity Confessional
celebrity culture studies
Celebrity Mom
Celebrity Soul
charity
chat
Confessional Art
Confessional Interviews
confessional media narratives
Contemporary Celebrity Culture
culture
Customary Switching
david
David Gulpilil
emin
Emin's Art
Emin’s Art
emotional performance theory
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fan studies research
Frank Spotnitz
Ginger Spice
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Internet Blog Websites
Jodie Foster
media authenticity analysis
Michael Straczynski
mummy
Official Show Sites
Pop Star
public persona construction
subcultural
Subcultural Celebrity
tracey
Tracey Emin
UK Government's Target
UK Government’s Target
Young Man
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Product details
- ISBN 9780415614542
- Weight: 490g
- Dimensions: 174 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 03 Dec 2010
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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In this book the different manifestations, meanings, and processes of the star and celebrity confessional will be explored.
The confessional is taken to be any moment in which a star, celebrity, or fan engages in revelatory acts that are considered to be authentic, heart-felt, and honest. These confessional encounters can take place in an interview, through performance and presentation events, online, and in ‘unscripted’ encounters. A star may break down in tears, or reveal a previously unknown truth about their private life. However, this authenticity is often found to have been manufactured, or is timed to occur against a new release or product launch. Alternatively, the desire to confess may be seen to draw attention to the centrality of pseudo forms of emotion in contemporary culture and the obsessional behaviour it produces. In this book authors consider acts of confession by celebrities such as Tom Cruise, Michael Jackson, Jade Goody, Britney Spears, Sarah Jessica Parker, Tracey Emin, and Russell Crowe.
Sean Redmond is Senior Lecturer in Film at Victoria University of wellington. He is editor of Celebrity Studies, and co-editor of Framing Celebrity: New Directions in Celebrity Culture (Routledge, 2006). He is presently working on the monographs Celebrity and the Media, and Emotional Celebrity.
