Nayar Pramod K. - Essays In Celebrity Culture Stars And Styles - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: The collection of essays in the book moves from the largest domain of celebrity culture in India Bollywood through celebrity life writing and biopics and finally to the politics of and by celebrity culture. The book begins with an exploration of films made around celebrity victims to the vernacular cosmopolitanism of Bollywood stars philanthropic and humanitarian work and finally to celebrity charisma and its role in the current era of post - truth. Two studies of celebrity biopics and auto/biographies from sports stars to Bollywood stars and their disease memoirs are included. Finally a section of essays are devoted to celebrity cultural politics including Indian writing as a celebrity the Narmada River as a celebrity the desacralization of celebrity statues Arundhati Roy's celebrated and celebrity activism and the self - fashioning of Indian authors in the age of digital culture.
Title: Essays In Celebrity Culture Stars And Styles
Author(s): Nayar Pramod K.
Publisher: Anthem Press
Barcode: 9781785277863
Pages: 188 Pages
Publication Date: 5/11/2021
Category: Popular Culture