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Holmes, Su 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4243-8337
(2005)
‘Starring… Dyer?’: Re-visiting star studies and contemporary celebrity culture.
Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, 2 (2).
pp. 6-21.
ISSN 1744-6716
Abstract
Responding to the apparently ubiquitous interest in contemporary fame, the last ten years has seen an expansion of academic work on stardom/celebrity, whether in film, media and cultural studies or beyond. Reflecting contemporary popular discourse, the emphasis here has often been on change: the notion that modern celebrity represents a qualitative break with the past. But what has arguably been lacking is a sense of dialogue or debate about the implications of this ‘shift’ for (now long-standing) theoretical/methodological approaches in the field. In this article, I bring aspects of these spheres together – the history of academic discourse on celebrity and the province of modern fame – in order to stimulate questions about their present and future relationship. In particular, I return to the seminal work of Richard Dyer (1979; 1986) as a form of dialogue between these spheres, placing his intervention within the history of work on stardom/ celebrity, and evaluating its relationship with contemporary celebrity culture.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Film and Television Studies (former - to 2012) Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Art, Media and American Studies (former - to 2024) |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Film, Television and Media |
| Depositing User: | EPrints Services |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Oct 2010 13:56 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Sep 2024 09:54 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/8739 |
| DOI: | 10.16997/wpcc.18 |
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