Celebrity Studies Today |
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Authors: | Peter A. Lawler |
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Affiliation: | (1) Berry College, Mount Berry, GA 30149-0118, USA |
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Abstract: | Celebrity, being often unearned and ephemeral, is the lowest form of fame. Nevertheless, it’s a real and fascinating display of personal significance in our time. Celebrities are, of course, questionable role models, but characters of strange and singular greatness such as Elvis and Michael Jackson, everyone knows, aren’t really to be imitated. Celebrities, although they often have interesting political and spiritual opinions, are easily distinguished from political leaders. Celebrity, I show, is more a downside than not of democracy. |
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