Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-139) and index.
Contents:
The ordinary and the extraordinary : unpacking the celebrity image -- The labor of ordinariness : famous for "being yourself" -- Celebrity lifestyle labor : making the ordinary extraordinary -- Lauren Conrad : us weekly and the extraordinarily ordinary celebrity -- Conclusion : The future of the extraordinarily ordinary celebrity.
Summary:
"Extraordinarily Ordinary offers a critical analysis of the production of a distinct form of twenty-first century celebrity constructed through the exploding coverage of reality television cast members in Us Weekly magazine, unpacking the ways in which the magazine helped promote a broader intensification of discourses of ordinariness or "just being yourself" in the production of contemporary celebrity"-- Provided by publisher.
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