Russell Brand : comedy, celebrity, politics /: comedy, celebrity, politics. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• 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; Radio Programmes; DVDs; Online Channels; Recorded Songs; Index.
• 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.; Note: Print version record.
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