I recommend reading several months of any major city newspaper after the
Civil War. The Chicago Tribune, for instance, gave plenty of publicity to touring
opera stars, Sarah Bernhardt, whatever famous person was coming to town.
There might even be hints of personal impropriety, couched in the language of the
times. Visiting preachers were not immune from this 19th century celebrity
treatment.
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From: Larsson, Donald F <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [SCREEN-L] Star/Celebrity studies
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Date: Saturday, January 23, 2010, 2:09 AM
Just curious, since this is not my field as such. Isn't there a very long tradition of theatrical stars crossing over with a kind of pre-electronic celebrity status? I think of the "divine" Sarah Bernhardt, Edward Kean (see Sartre's play, which adapts a Dumas play, as a kind of star/celebrity critique), etc., going at least back to the "nine days wonder" of Will Kemp's Morris Dance from London to Norwich. In short, "celebrity" is not that modern a phenomenon.
Don
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From: Film and TV Studies Discussion List [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Corinna Tomrley [[log in to unmask]]
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Subject: [SCREEN-L] Star/Celebrity studies
Hi
I'm writing about the move from Star studies to Celebrity studies - perhaps
an inevitable development in our celebrity-saturated culture. There's
reasons for arguing why it's happened both academically as well as in
everyday life... however I wondered if people doing work in this area are
all calling it celebrity studies? Does anyone still refer to their work as
'Star Studies'? Even though I can think of some argument to say that a
particular article or piece of research is more about the 'star' than about
'celebrity'; I wonder if, as a field, celebrity studies has become an all
encompassing term?
Be great to hear feedback on this, especially if you or anyone you know of
is still using 'star studies'!
Thanks
Corinna
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Corinna Tomrley
Centre for Women's Studies
University of York
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