A genre approach to celebrity politics : global patterns of passage from media to politics

"The study of celebrities has been the focus of several works from two main fields: Cultural Studies and Political Communication. But up until now, such works have produced only fragmented views of links between celebrity culture, the entertainment industries, and the political systems, which t...

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Auteur principal : Ribke Nahuel (Auteur)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
Titre complet : A genre approach to celebrity politics : global patterns of passage from media to politics / Nahuel Ribke
Publié : Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan , 2015
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVII-233 p.)
Sujets :
  • 1. Celebrity Politics: A Theoretical and Historical Perspective
  • PART I: TELEVISION CELEBRITIES AND ISRAELI POLITICS
  • 2. Female Models in Israeli Politics: From the Runway to TV, and from the Small Screen to the Knesset
  • 3. Like Father Like Son: Converting Media Capital into Political Power (Or, How an Israeli TV Presenter Became Finance Minister)
  • PART II: MAKING MUSIC MATTER: THE ELECTORAL POLITICS OF POP CELEBRITY IN LATIN AMERICA
  • 4. Tropicalizing Politics: Gilberto Gil's perplexing Miscegenation of Music and Politics
  • 5. The Harvard Lawyer against The Bad Boy from Bronx: Explaining the Political Performance Gaps Between Rube;n Blades and Willie Colón
  • PART III: CINEMA CELEBRITIES IN AMERICAN POLITICS
  • 6. The American Pattern of Celebrity Politics: From 'Military' Role Model to Civilian Hero?
  • 7. Entertainment Industries and 'Liberal' Celebrities: The Failure of Converting Attention into Political Power
  • PART IV: CELETOID POLITICS: VICTIMS, HEROES AND ORDINARY PEOPLE AS A VALUABLE ELECTORAL ASSET
  • 8. Juan Carlos Blumberg and the Populism of Fear Politics in Argentina: Converting Mediatic Crimes into Political Capital
  • 9. Reality Shows and Celebrity Politics: An Accelerated Platform for Rookie Politicians?
  • Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Index