Manufacturing Celebrity
Duke University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4780-0854-5 (ISBN)
In Manufacturing Celebrity Vanessa Díaz traces the complex power dynamics of the reporting and paparazzi work that fuel contemporary Hollywood and American celebrity culture. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, her experience reporting for People magazine, and dozens of interviews with photographers, journalists, publicists, magazine editors, and celebrities, Díaz examines the racialized and gendered labor involved in manufacturing and selling relatable celebrity personas. Celebrity reporters, most of whom are white women, are expected to leverage their sexuality to generate coverage, which makes them vulnerable to sexual exploitation and assault. Meanwhile, the predominantly male Latino paparazzi can face life-threatening situations and endure vilification that echoes anti-immigrant rhetoric. In pointing out the precarity of those who hustle to make a living by generating the bulk of celebrity media, Díaz highlights the profound inequities of the systems that provide consumers with 24/7 coverage of their favorite stars.
Vanessa Díaz is Assistant Professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies at Loyola Marymount University.
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction. The Precarious Work of Celebrity Media Production 1
I. Pappin' Ain't Easy
1. Shooteando: The Real Paparazzi of Los Angeles 33
2. Latinos Selling Celebrity: Economies and Ethics of Paparazzi Work 76
3. To Live and Die in L.A.: Life, Death, and Labor in the Hollywood-Industrial Complex 95
II. Reporting on the Stars
4. Red Carpet Rituals: Positionality and Power in a Serveilled Space 125
5. Where Reporting Happens: Precarious Spaces and the Exploitation of Women Reporters 150
III. Crafting the Media and the Sociocultural Consequences
6. Body Teams, Baby Bumps, Beauty Standards 181
7. "Brad and Angelina: And Now . . . Brangelina!": The Cultural Economy of (White) Heterosexual Love 218
Conclusion. Reconsidering News and Gossip in the Trump Era 242
Appendix: Interview Sources 251
Notes 255
Bibliography 271
Index 301
Erscheinungsdatum | 01.09.2020 |
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Zusatzinfo | 66 color illustrations |
Verlagsort | North Carolina |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 612 g |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4780-0854-7 / 1478008547 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4780-0854-5 / 9781478008545 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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