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Author:   Erin A. Meyers
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.004kg
ISBN:  

9780813599434

ISBN 10:   0813599431
Pages:   154
Publication Date:   14 February 2020
Recommended Age:   From 18 to 99 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

CoverTitle PageCopyrightContentsIntroduction1. The Ordinary and the Extraordinary: Unpacking the Celebrity Image2. The Labor of Ordinariness: Famous for Being Yourself3. Celebrity Lifestyle Labor: Making the Ordinary Extraordinary4. Lauren Conrad: Us Weekly and the Extraordinarily Ordinary CelebrityConclusion: The Future of the Extraordinarily Ordinary CelebrityAcknowledgments

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Erin A. Meyers provides a masterful, lively account of reality TV celebrity. Extraordinarily Ordinary is a must-read for anyone eager to understand the meaning and power of celebrity today. --Julie Wilson coauthor of Mothering through Precarity: Women's Work and Digital Media Highly engaging and readable, Extraordinarily Ordinary is a clear, in-depth analysis of both the celebrity gossip magazine genre and the nature of fame in the 21st century. --Andrea McDonnell coauthor of Celebrity: A History of Fame

“Highly engaging and readable, Extraordinarily Ordinary is a clear, in-depth analysis of both the celebrity gossip magazine genre and the nature of fame in the 21st century.” — Andrea McDonnell, coauthor of Celebrity: A History of Fame ""Erin A. Meyers provides a masterful, lively account of reality TV celebrity. Extraordinarily Ordinary is a must-read for anyone eager to understand the meaning and power of celebrity today.""— Julie Wilson, coauthor of Mothering through Precarity: Women’s Work and Digital Media

"“Highly engaging and readable, Extraordinarily Ordinary is a clear, in-depth analysis of both the celebrity gossip magazine genre and the nature of fame in the 21st century.” — Andrea McDonnell, coauthor of Celebrity: A History of Fame ""Erin A. Meyers provides a masterful, lively account of reality TV celebrity. Extraordinarily Ordinary is a must-read for anyone eager to understand the meaning and power of celebrity today.""— Julie Wilson, coauthor of Mothering through Precarity: Women’s Work and Digital Media"

Author Information

Erin A. Meyers is an associate professor of communication at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. She is the author of Dishing Dirt in the Digital Age: Celebrity Gossip Blogs and Participatory Media Culture.

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