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Author:   Meredith Jones ,  Kath Burton ,  Donna Lee Brien (Central Queensland University, Australia)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.570kg
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9781032674414

ISBN 10:   1032674415
Pages:   202
Publication Date:   24 July 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Contributors Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Kuriously Kritical: Kardashians as Cyborg Goddesses Meredith Jones Section 1: Storytelling Introduction Meredith Jones Chapter 1: Family Brands: The Kardashian-Jenners and the Nelsons Cynthia B. Meyers Chapter 2: The performance of authorship in published books by the Kardashians and Jenners Donna Lee Brien Chapter 3: Selfish: a happy archive? Laura Henderson Child Section two: Race Introduction Meredith Jones Chapter 4: There Is No Sexual Relation: The Kardashians and Black Masculinities Manuel Harpin Chapter 5: Kim Kardashian’s “Kimono”: The complexities of cultural appropriation Jenny Hall Chapter 6: White Multiracial Sentiment Ren Ellis Neyra Section Three: Fashion Introduction Meredith Jones Chapter 7: SKIMS: Body-Positive or Kimspiraton? Katherine Appleford Chapter 8: Glitter and the Death Drive: Kim Kardashian’s Met Gala costumes Meredith Jones Section Four: Embodiment Introduction Meredith Jones Chapter 9: The Corporeality of Reproduction, and Surrogate Pregnancy in Keeping Up with the Kardashians Siri Lindholm Chapter 10: “It’s super disgusting”: An analysis of famous cis-men responses to the Kardashian’s deviant femininity Oline Eaton Chapter 11: Where Has All the Affect Gone on Kardashian Reality TV?: Negotiating emotional labour and boundaries Meera Govindasamy Section Five: Celebrity Introduction Meredith Jones Chapter 12: Debunking Celebrity Activism: Kim Kardashian and Prison Advocacy Lida Papakonstantinou Chapter 13: The role of transgender celebrities: the power of representation Cavyn Mitchell Chapter 14: In the lab with the Kardashians: how Kardashian-linked research finds its audience Michael Taylor and Carlos Areia Section Six: Time Introduction Meredith Jones Chapter 15: The Kardashians Will Never Die: On Repetition and Infinity Phoebe Kaufman Chapter 16: Use of Artificial Intelligence and Holography: Robert Kardashian Resurrected? Lida Papakonstantinou Chapter 17: Keeping up with the past, present and future: How the Kardashians sustain relevancy by manipulating reality Ruby Smith Index

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Meredith Jones is Professor of Gender and Cultural Studies at Brunel University London, where she directs the Institute of Communities and Society. Apart from her work on the Kardashians, she is best known for her research into cosmetic surgery and is currently producing a second edition of her book Skintight: A Cultural Anatomy of Cosmetic Surgery. She also enjoys writing about genitals and fashion. Kath Burton is development lead for humanities journals at Routledge, Taylor & Francis. She is co-convener of Publishing and Publicly Engaged Humanities, a group that supports the creation of dynamic publishing practices for the public humanities. Donna Lee Brien is Emeritus Professor of Creative Industries at Central Queensland University, Australia, and teaches into graduate programs at the Australian Catholic University. Currently writing a history of Sydney's Bondi Beach, Donna’s most recent books are Paradox, Image and Identity: The Shadow Side of Nursing (co-authored with Margaret McAllister, 2020) and Speculative Biography: Opportunities, Experiments and Provocations(edited with Kiera Lindsey, 2022), both for Routledge.

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