Celebrity Studies, Volume 12, Issue 1 (2021)

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Celebrity Studies, Volume 12, Issue 1 (2021)

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Heroes, villains and celebritisation of politics: hegemony, populism and anti-intellectualism in Turkey
Funda Gencoglu
Pages: 1-19
Published online: 21 Apr 2019
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Bodies in alliance: rethinking cultural and economic logics of social media celebrity constitution in Turkey’s new media ecosystem
Serhat Kaymas & Orhun Yakin
Pages: 20-35
Published online: 08 Apr 2019
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‘Do you wanna come with me?’: The role of the star image as brand for the commodification of cult in mainstream telefantasy
Craig Haslop
Pages: 36-50
Published online: 02 May 2019
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Ageing on and off the red carpet: Joan Rivers, celebrity culture and postfeminist television
Elizabeth Nathanson
Pages: 51-66
Published online: 13 May 2019
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Politicised celebrity in a conflict-ridden society: The Elor Azaria case and celebritisation discourses in Israel
Oren Livio & Hagar Afriat
Pages: 67-83
Published online: 06 May 2019
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‘Mingren are the respectable ones’: an analysis of everyday engagements with contemporary celebrity culture in China
Min Xu, Stijn Reijnders & Sangkyun Kim
Pages: 84-101
Published online: 12 May 2019
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Honorary degrees for celebrities: Persona, Scandal, and the case of Bill Cosby
Katja Lee & P. David Marshall
Pages: 102-118
Published online: 09 May 2019
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‘I am the centre of fame’: doing celebrity, performing fame and navigating cultural hierarchies in Grace Jones’ I’ll Never Write my Memoirs
Hannah Yelin
Pages: 119-131
Published online: 20 May 2019
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‘We live in the past with Kari’: memory, fandom and online porn histories
Troy Michael Bordun
Pages: 132-147
Published online: 27 May 2019
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Introduction: celebrities for/against Trump
Gaston Franssen
Pages: 148-150
Published online: 19 Jan 2021
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Sarah Silverman goes digital: feminine satire in the age of Trump
Alex Symons
Pages: 151-154
Published online: 07 Jan 2021
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Alec Baldwin’s appearances on Saturday Night Live: tangerine wig, Twitter backlash, and the humanising of President Donald J. Trump
Amy B. Becker
Pages: 155-158
Published online: 05 Jan 2020
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Calling out Kanye: reflections on post-racial celebrity and the (neo)liberal media
Carlton Brick
Pages: 159-161
Published online: 25 Nov 2019
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‘The most paranoid man in America’: Alex Jones as celebrity populist
Aaron Hyzen & Hilde Van den Bulck
Pages: 162-166
Published online: 14 Nov 2019
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Book Review

Book Review
A Psychobiography of John F. Kennedy, Jr.: Understanding his Inner Life, Achievements, Struggles, and Courage
by Joseph G. Ponterotto, Springfield, IL, Charles C Thomas Publisher LTD, 2018, 212 pp, $36.95 (paperback), ISBN: 978-0253031556
Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers
Pages: 167-173
Published online: 29 May 2020
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Book Review
Why Karen Carpenter Matters
by Karen Tongson, Austin, University of Texas Press, 2019, 152pp., £13.13 (paperback), 978-1477318843
Alyxandra Vesey
Pages: 169-171
Published online: 19 May 2020
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Looking at the Stars: Black Celebrity Journalism in Jim Crow America
by Carrie Teresa, Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press, 2019, 264 pp., £40.00 (hardcover), ISBN-13: 978-0-8032-9992-4
Arthur Knight
Pages: 171-173
Published online: 19 May 2020
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