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'In Fame Attack, Chris Rojek makes a powerful argument for recognising the crucial role that celebrity plays in our media culture, as well as the contribution played by the publicity industries in managing that role. Rejecting elite or taste-based dismissals of celebrity, this a brave and nuanced confrontation of the downside of contemporary celebrity as a cultural formation.' Graeme Turner, University of Queensland, Australia

In Fame Attack, Chris Rojek makes a powerful argument for recognising the crucial role that celebrity plays in our media culture, as well as the contribution played by the publicity industries in managing that role. Rejecting elite or taste-based dismissals of celebrity, this a brave and nuanced confrontation of the downside of contemporary celebrity as a cultural formation. * Graeme Turner, University of Queensland, Australia *

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Chris Rojek is Professor of Sociology and Culture at Brunel University. His most recent publications include Pop Music, Pop Culture (Polity, 2011), The Labour of Leisure (Sage, 2010), Brit-Myth (Reaktion, 2007), and Frank Sinatra (Polity, 2004). He has also co-authored two books and edited and nine others, including a four volume collection Celebrity (Routledge, 2009).

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