Women, Celebrity and Cultures of Ageing
Author | : Deborah Jermyn |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 2015-08-11 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781137495129 |
ISBN-13 | : 113749512X |
Rating | : 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Download or read book Women, Celebrity and Cultures of Ageing written by Deborah Jermyn and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies the relationship between women, ageing and celebrity. Focusing on an array of case studies and star/celebrity images, it aims to examine the powerful, contradictory and sometimes celebratory ways in which celebrity culture offers a crucial site for the contemporary and historical construction of discourses on ageing femininities.