Celebrity and power : celebrity status as a representation of power in contemporary culture

The dissertation is an investigation of modern subjectivity as it is expressed in the form of celebrities. First of all, it establishes that celebrities are linked to both the development of a democratic culture, where there is an investment in conceptions of the popular will for political and cultu...

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Main Author: Marshall, P. David
Other Authors: Finlay, Marike (advisor)
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: McGill University 1992
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