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Celebrity Culture and Crime The Joy of Transgression /

In the 21st century celebrities and celebrity culture thrives. This book explores the much noted but little analyzed relationship between celebrity and crime. Criminals who become celebrities and celebrities who become criminals are examined, drawing on Foucault's theory of governance.

Main Author: Penfold-Mounce, R. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Edition:1st ed. 2009.
Series:Cultural Criminology
Subjects:
Culture—Study and teaching.
Culture.
Criminology.
Sociology.
Cultural studies.
Communication.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
Sociology of Culture.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Sociology, general.
Cultural Studies.
Media Studies.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230248304
Summary:In the 21st century celebrities and celebrity culture thrives. This book explores the much noted but little analyzed relationship between celebrity and crime. Criminals who become celebrities and celebrities who become criminals are examined, drawing on Foucault's theory of governance.
Physical Description:VIII, 196 p. online resource.
ISBN:9780230248304

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