Fame Games: The Production of Celebrity in Australia

by Graeme Turner, P. David Marshall, Frances Bonner

Overview

Fame Games uncovers the manufacturing process that is behind the array of personalities we see in Australian media. It investigates the changed public sphere and the altered mediascape that publicity and public relations have generated around the circulation of celebrities connected to the various cultural commodities produced by the entertainment industries. Key figures from the emergent Australian celebrity industry—from managers and agents to publicists, promoters and mass market magazine editors—were interviewed to provide a nuanced reading of how personalities are developed and are essential elements of how news and entertainment is conveyed to us.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521791472
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	10/09/2000
Pages:	210
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.51(d)

Table of Contents

1. Celebrity and the media in Australia; 2. The rise of promotional culture in Australia; 3. Producing celebrity; 4. Managing the media; 5. Core territory: celebrities and the women's magazines; 6. Conclusion.