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Index
Cover
Focus on Contemporary Issues
Title Page
Dedication
Copyright
Epigraph
1. Celebrity and Celetoids
Celebrity, the Media and Celebrification
Ascribed, Achieved and Attributed Celebrity
Celetoids and Celeactors
Understanding Celebrity: Three Approaches
Surface Relations and Celebrity InvolvementShields
2. Celebrity and Religion
Shamanism and Celebrity
Religion, Collective Effervescence and Celebrity
Celebrity Reliquaries and Death Rites
The St Thomas Effect
Celebrity and Death
Stalkers
Shamanism in Rock and Film Culture
Celebrity Ceremonies of Ascent
Descent and Falling
Redemption
The Cult of Distraction
Celebrity Placement and Endorsement
The Prodigality of Celebrity Culture
3. Celebrity and Aestheticization
The Rise of the Public Face
The Theatre in England
Self Help and Celebrity
Staged Celebrity
Photography and Staged Celebrity
The Cultural Impresario
The Corporatized Impresario
4. Celebrity and Transgression
Violence and the Celebrity Race
Achievement Famine and its Consequences
The Anti-Hero
Righteous Slaughter
The Charm of Notoriety
5. Celebrity and Celebrification
The ‘a priori’ of Celebrity Culture
The Celebrification Process
Life Politics and Celebrification
References
One: Celebrity and Celetoids
Two: Celebrity and Religion
Three: Celebrity and Aestheticization
Four: Celebrity and Transgression
Five: Celebrity and Celebrification
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
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