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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext In this book the different manifestations! meanings! and processes of the star and celebrity confessional will be explored. The 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. Zusammenfassung In this book the different manifestations, meanings, and processes of the star and celebrity confessional will be explored. The 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. This book was published as a special issue of Social Semiotics. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: the star and celebrity confessional Sean Redmond2. Stardom! celebrity and the para-confession Barry King3. Jade's confession: racism and the dialectics of celebrity Momin Rahman4. Pieces of me: celebrity confessional carnality Sean Redmond5. Still something else besides a mother? Negotiating celebrity motherhood in Sarah Jessica Parker's star story Deborah Jermyn6. Living with fame: Geri and Living with Michael Jackson Ian Goode7. The ethical violence of celebrity chat: Russell Crowe and David Gulpilil Felicity Collins8. For the love of Jodie Foster: star demystification and national configuration Gabriel Wettach9. Articulating authenticity through artifice: the contemporary relevance of Tracey Emin's confessional art Christine Fanthome10. ''I feel your pain'': cosmopolitan charity and the public fashioning of the celebrity soul Jo Littler11. Restricted confessions? Blogging! subcultural celebrity and the management of producer fan proximity Bertha Chin and Matt Hills ...
