UID:
almafu_9959673939302883
Format:
1 online resource (328 p.)
ISBN:
9781478008880
Content:
In Manufacturing Celebrity Vanessa Díaz traces the complex power dynamics of the reporting and paparazzi work that fuel contemporary Hollywood and American celebrity culture. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, her experience reporting for People magazine, and dozens of interviews with photographers, journalists, publicists, magazine editors, and celebrities, Díaz examines the racialized and gendered labor involved in manufacturing and selling relatable celebrity personas. Celebrity reporters, most of whom are white women, are expected to leverage their sexuality to generate coverage, which makes them vulnerable to sexual exploitation and assault. Meanwhile, the predominantly male Latino paparazzi can face life-threatening situations and endure vilification that echoes anti-immigrant rhetoric. In pointing out the precarity of those who hustle to make a living by generating the bulk of celebrity media, Díaz highlights the profound inequities of the systems that provide consumers with 24/7 coverage of their favorite stars.
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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List of Illustrations --
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
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INTRODUCTION --
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CHAPTER ONE. Shooteando --
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CHAPTER TWO. Latinos Selling Celebrity --
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CHAPTER THREE. To Live and Die in L.A. --
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CHAPTER FOUR. Red Carpet Rituals --
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CHAPTER FIVE. Where Reporting Happens --
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CHAPTER SIX. Body Teams, Baby Bumps, Beauty Standards --
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CHAPTER SEVEN “Brad and Angelina: And Now . . . Brangelina!” --
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CONCLUSION. Reconsidering News and Gossip in the Trump Era --
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APPENDIX. Interview Sources --
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NOTES --
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BIBLIOGRAPHY --
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INDEX
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781478008880
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781478008880
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781478008880
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781478008880
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781478008880
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