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Childhood and Celebrity

By Jane O'Connor

Childhood and Celebrity Media & Communication

Childhood and Celebrity

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The twenty-first century has seen an explosion in the ways and means in which children can become part of celebrity culture. With the rise in popularity of reality TV, child beauty pageants, talent shows, and social media platforms, as well as more established routes to fame through TV, cinema, theatre and music, the number of children establishing a presence in public life continues to proliferate.
Childhood and Celebrity brings together international scholarly writing and research about famous children, and representations of childhood, from a range of disciplines including Childhood Studies, Celebrity Studies, Cultural Studies and Film Studies in order to open up a theoretical space in which to explore and understand the complex relationship between contemporary childhood and celebrity culture.
This unique collection includes detailed case studies of specific child performers such as McCaulay Culkin and Miley Cyrus, histories of child stars in the 'Golden Age' of Hollywood, analyses of representations of children in film and discussions of children as media creators and producers. Key themes of transgression, gender, 'coming of age', childhood innocence and children's rights recur in the chapters and present a compelling argument for the emergence of the field of Childhood and Celebrity as an area of study in its own right.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
214
Release Date:
2017-03-21
Publication Date:
2017-03-22
Publisher:
Routledge
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1138855294
ISBN13:
9781138855298
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
333 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
12 cm
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