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Author Ferris, Kerry O

Title Stargazing : Celebrity, Fame, and Social Interaction
Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (175 pages)
Series Contemporary Sociological Perspectives
Contemporary sociological perspectives series.
Contents BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; TABLE OF CONTENTS; SERIES FOREWORD; PREFACE; OVERVIEW; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 THE SOCIOLOGY OF CELEBRITY: CELEBRITY AND ITS PUBLIC; 2 THE DYNAMICS OF FAN-CELEBRITY ENCOUNTERS; 3 SEEING AND BEING SEEN: THE MORAL ORDER OF CELEBRITY SIGHTINGS; 4 "AIN'T NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THING, BABY": FRAMING CELEBRITY IMPERSONATOR PERFORMANCES; 5 "HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A STAR?": IDENTIFYING EMOTIONS ON THE RED CARPET; 6 "WHEN DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU'D BE A STAR?": ATTRIBUTING MIND ON THE RED CARPET
Summary Stargazing highlights the interactional dynamics of celebrity and fame in contemporary society, including the thoughts and feelings of stars on the red carpet, the thrills and risks of encountering a famous person at a convention or on the streets, and the excitement generated even by the obvious fakery of celebrity impersonators. Using compelling, real-life examples involving popular celebrities, Ferris and Harris examine how the experience and meanings of celebrity are shaped by social norms, interactional negotiations, and interpretive storytelling
Notes Print version record
Subject Fame -- Social aspects.
Celebrities.
Famous Persons
Celebrities
Fame -- Social aspects
Form Electronic book
Author Harris, Scott R
ISBN 9780203831342
0203831349