• DOI:10.1007/s12115-010-9367-6
Corpus ID: 189868821

Celebrity Culture

@article{Furedi2010CelebrityC,
  title={Celebrity Culture},
  author={Frank Furedi},
  journal={Society},
  year={2010},
  volume={47},
  pages={493-497}
}

Frank Furedi

Published 2010

Society

Although the idea of a celebrity has been around for a long time, its mutation into an important cultural force is a relatively recent development. In recent decades the meaning of a celebrity has altered and is now often applied to those who are famous for being famous. The ascendancy of the celebrity has been fuelled by society’s uneasy relationship with the question of authority. Often celebrity provides an alternative source of validation. The tendency to outsource authority to the… CONTINUE READING

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