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A Genre Approach to Celebrity Politics

Global Patterns of Passage from Media to Politics

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  • © 2015

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Celebrity Politics: a Theoretical and Historical Perspective

  2. Celetoid Politics: Victims, Heroes, and Ordinary People as a Valuable Electoral Asset

  3. Conclusions: Celebrity Capital and the Transition to Politics

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Exploring the transition of celebrities into institutional-electoral politics, the book argues that many insights developed by genre theorists could be highly instrumental to understand the celebrity politics phenomenon. It analyzes the historical and cultural specificity of celebrity politics as it evolved through different countries and cultures.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Tel Aviv University, Israel

    Nahuel Ribke

About the author

Nahuel Ribke obtained his PhD from Tel Aviv University in 2010. His doctoral thesis examines the emergence and expansion of the Globo Television Network during the military regime in Brazil (1965-1985) through the analysis of historical, political, economic, cultural and technological aspects of television work. His research interests cover Institutional and Cultural Processes through Latin American Mass Media, Celebrity Politics and Mass Media History.

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