Russell Brand : comedy, celebrity, politics /: comedy, celebrity, politics. ([2016])
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- Book
- Title:
- Russell Brand : comedy, celebrity, politics /: comedy, celebrity, politics. ([2016])
- Main Title:
- Russell Brand : comedy, celebrity, politics
- Further Information:
- Note: Jane Arthurs, Ben Little.
- Authors:
- Arthurs, Jane
Little, Ben, 1980- - Contents:
- Russell Brand; Endorsements; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction; Situating Russell Brand; Taste, Legitimacy and Power within Social Fields; Hybrid Media Celebrity; Stand-up Comedian; Television Presenter; Hollywood Stardom; Political Journalist; YouTube Celebrity; From Celebrity Apparatus to Political Assemblage; The Apparatus-Assemblage Relationship; Notes; 2 Stand-up Comedy; Brand's Position in the Field of Comedy; Brand's 'Signature Practices' as a (Live) Comic Performer; Stand-up as Ritual; The Body and Its Desires; Language and Wit. Storytelling as TherapyMessiah Complex; Conclusion; 3 Hybrid Media Celebrity; Digital Innovation, Performance and Identity; Dynamics of Reputation Management; Sachsgate; Hollywood Stardom; Interventions in Political Journalism; Campaigning Documentaries; Newsnight; Hybridising Comedy and Politics; The Trews; Conclusion; 4 From Celebrity Apparatus to Political Assemblage; Buy Love Here: Celebrity Apparatus = Celebrity Assemblage; Jeremy Paxman and the New Statesman Issue: Recalibrating the Celebrity Apparatus; Brand and London Grass-roots Housing Campaigns. The First Articulation: Reconfiguring the Celebrity BrandThe Second Articulation: Embracing Tactics of Protest; The Activist Assemblage; The Milibrand Assemblage; The Milibrand Interview; A Celebrity-Labour Apparatus?; The Impact of the Milibrand Assemblage; Conclusion; Bibliography; Filmography; Theatrical Performances; Television Programmes; RadioRussell Brand; Endorsements; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction; Situating Russell Brand; Taste, Legitimacy and Power within Social Fields; Hybrid Media Celebrity; Stand-up Comedian; Television Presenter; Hollywood Stardom; Political Journalist; YouTube Celebrity; From Celebrity Apparatus to Political Assemblage; The Apparatus-Assemblage Relationship; Notes; 2 Stand-up Comedy; Brand's Position in the Field of Comedy; Brand's 'Signature Practices' as a (Live) Comic Performer; Stand-up as Ritual; The Body and Its Desires; Language and Wit. Storytelling as TherapyMessiah Complex; Conclusion; 3 Hybrid Media Celebrity; Digital Innovation, Performance and Identity; Dynamics of Reputation Management; Sachsgate; Hollywood Stardom; Interventions in Political Journalism; Campaigning Documentaries; Newsnight; Hybridising Comedy and Politics; The Trews; Conclusion; 4 From Celebrity Apparatus to Political Assemblage; Buy Love Here: Celebrity Apparatus = Celebrity Assemblage; Jeremy Paxman and the New Statesman Issue: Recalibrating the Celebrity Apparatus; Brand and London Grass-roots Housing Campaigns. The First Articulation: Reconfiguring the Celebrity BrandThe Second Articulation: Embracing Tactics of Protest; The Activist Assemblage; The Milibrand Assemblage; The Milibrand Interview; A Celebrity-Labour Apparatus?; The Impact of the Milibrand Assemblage; Conclusion; Bibliography; Filmography; Theatrical Performances; Television Programmes; Radio Programmes; DVDs; Online Channels; Recorded Songs; Index. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 141 pages)
- Subjects:
- 301
Political activists -- England
Celebrities -- England
PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General
Celebrities
Political activists
Political Science -- General
Performing Arts -- General
Political Science -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy
Social Science -- General
Political science & theory
Dance & other performing arts
Political structures: democracy
Cultural studies
Motion picture acting
Political communication
Performing arts
Democracy
Performing Arts -- Acting & Auditioning
Films, cinema
England
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781137596284
1137596287 - Related ISBNs:
- 1137596279
9781137596277 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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