Companion to Celebrity

Companion to Celebrity presents a multi-disciplinary collection of original essays that explore myriad issues relating to the origins, evolution, and current trends in the field of celebrity studies.

• Offers a detailed, systematic, and clear presentation of all aspects of celebrity studies, with a structure that carefully build its enquiry
• Draws on the latest scholarly developments in celebrity analyses
• Presents new and provocative ways of exploring celebrity’s meanings and textures
• Considers the revolutionary ways in which new social media have impacted on the production and consumption of celebrity