Celebrity Culture

by Noah Berlatsky (Editor)

Overview

Editor Noah Berlatsky has selected viewpoints from a wide range of highly respected sources and publications in order to provide readers with a complete picture of celebrity culture. Readers will evaluate essays that answer four main questions: Is celebrity culture harmful? Is celebrity activism beneficial? How does celebrity culture affect particular groups? Is celebrity culture changing?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780737772463
Publisher:	Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Publication date:	06/02/2015
Series:	Opposing Viewpoints Series
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 6.20(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	16 - 18 Years

Table of Contents

Why Consider Opposing Viewpoints? 11

Introduction 14

Chapter 1 Is Celebrity Culture Harmful?

Chapter Preface 18

1 Celebrity Culture Is Natural and Can Be Beneficial David Cox 20

2 Too Many Celebrities, Not Enough Heroes London Y. Jones 29

3 Celebrity Culture Is Not That Terrible Courtney Enlow 37

4 Celebrities Work to Prevent Sexual Assault Lesley Clark Renee Schoof 42

5 Why Miley Cyrus Matters Mona Charen 49

6 Celebrities Promote Unhealthy Eating and Obesity Tata Haelle 53

Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography 60

Chapter 2 Is Celebrity Activism Beneficial?

Chapter Preface 62

1 Celebrities Can Help Bring Attention to Worthy Causes Alain de Botton 64

2 Celebrities Make Worthy Causes Absurd Douglas Valentine 69

3 The Thirty Most Generous Celebrities Anderson Antunes 74

4 Celebrity Philanthropy May Be Misguided and Misleading Kat Stoeffel 83

5 The Flip Side to Bill Gates' Charity Billions Andrew Bowman 88

Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography 98

Chapter 3 How Does Celebrity Culture Affect Particular Groups?

Chapter Preface 100

1 Coming Out: When Love Dares Speak, and Nobody Listens Jeremy W. Peters 102

2 Celebrities Coming Out Helps Gay Rights Trish Bendix 109

3 Why We Need to Ask Celebrities Whether They're Feminists Amanda Duberman 115

4 Asking Female Celebrities If They Are Feminists Is Useless Meghan Murphy 120

5 Children Provide the Excuse for Moral Panic Around Celebrity Culture Karina Wilson 125

Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography 130

Chapter 4 Is Celebrity Culture Changing?

Chapter Preface 132

1 Celebrity Culture Can Become More Accessible and Subversive Amber L. Davisson 134

2 The Culture of Celebrity Is Far from Dead - It's Just Growing Up Tim Lott 146

3 Celebrity Culture Still Rests on Traditional Myths About Fame Su Holmes 153

4 Celebrity Culture Is Based on Evolution Stephanie Pappas 159

5 Social Media Does Not Necessarily Create Authentic Connections with Celebrities Alice Marwick danah boyd 164

Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography 178

For Further Discussion 179

Organizations to Contact 182

Bibliography of Books 187

Index 190

Editorial Reviews

Review: Celebrity Culture "Each volume in the Opposing Viewpoints series could serve as a model...not only providing access to a wide diversity of opinions, but also stimulating readers to do further research for group discussion and individual interest. Both shrill and moderate, the selections—by experts, policy makers, and concerned citizens—include complete articles and speeches, long book excerpts, and occasional cartoons and boxed quotations...all up to date and fully documented. The editing is intelligent and unobtrusive, organizing the material around substantive issues within the general debate. Brief introductions to each section and to each reading focus the questions raised and offer no slick answers."—Booklist

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