Bibliograph

Essays in celebrity culture, stars and styles, Pramod K. Nayar

Type

Label

Essays in celebrity culture, stars and styles, Pramod K. Nayar

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Essays in celebrity culture

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1245344788

Responsibility statement

Pramod K. Nayar

Series statement

Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

stars and styles

Summary

The collection of essays in the book moves from the largest domain of celebrity culture in India - Bollywood - through celebrity life writing and biopics and, finally, to the politics of and by celebrity culture. The book begins with an exploration of films made around celebrity victims to the vernacular cosmopolitanism of Bollywood stars' philanthropic and humanitarian work and, finally, to celebrity charisma and its role in the current era of 'post-truth' Two studies of celebrity biopics and auto/biographies - from sports stars to Bollywood stars - and their disease memoirs are included. Finally, a section of essays are devoted to celebrity cultural politics, including Indian writing as a celebrity, the Narmada River as a celebrity, the desacralization of celebrity statues, Arundhati Roy's celebrated and celebrity activism and the self-fashioning of Indian authors in the age of digital culture.--, Provided by publisher

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