Celebrity Studies, Volume 3, Issue 3 (2012)

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The Olympics

Introduction

Article
Olympic celebrity – Introduction
Steve Jackson & David L. Andrews
Pages: 263-269
Published online: 04 Oct 2012
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Articles

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Celebrating imperfection: sport, disability and celebrity culture
P. David Howe & Andrew Parker
Pages: 270-282
Published online: 04 Oct 2012
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The accidental celebritisation of Caster Semenya
Jaime Schultz
Pages: 283-296
Published online: 04 Oct 2012
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Matthew Mitcham: the narrative of a gay sporting icon
Brent McDonald & Daniel Eagles
Pages: 297-318
Published online: 04 Oct 2012
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Political celebrity and the Olympic movement: exploring the charismatic authority of IOC presidents
Byron Peacock & Simon C. Darnell
Pages: 319-334
Published online: 04 Oct 2012
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Forum

Introduction: achieving fame
James Bennett
Pages: 335-336
Published online: 04 Oct 2012
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Celebrity, infamy, poker
Terry Austrin & John Farnsworth
Pages: 337-339
Published online: 04 Oct 2012
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Rocky Balboa in the Boxing Hall of Fame: when fiction becomes reality
Francesca Borrione
Pages: 340-342
Published online: 04 Oct 2012
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Acting disaster
Thomas Fisher
Pages: 343-345
Published online: 04 Oct 2012
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Article

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Representing popular music stardom on screen: the popular music biopic
Lee Marshall & Isabel Kongsgaard
Pages: 346-361
Published online: 04 Oct 2012
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Conference Report

Age spots and spotlights: celebrity, ageing and performance
A report on a conference held at Birkbeck, University of London, UK, Friday 9th December 2011
David Lusted
Pages: 362-365
Published online: 04 Oct 2012
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Book reviews

Book Review
The star and celebrity confessional, edited by Sean Redmond
London, Routledge, 2011, 165 pp., £80.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-0415614542
Kerry O. Ferris
Pages: 366-368
Published online: 04 Oct 2012
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Book Review
Julia Child'sThe French Chef, by Dana Polan
Durham and London, Duke University Press, 2011, 295 pp., £64.00 (hardback), ISBN: 978-0822348597
Janet Floyd
Pages: 368-370
Published online: 04 Oct 2012
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Sex, scandal, and celebrity in late-eighteenth century England, by Matthew Kinservik
Basingstoke, Palgrave MacMillan, 2007, 272 pp., £58.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-1403979926
Sara Babcox First
Pages: 370-372
Published online: 04 Oct 2012
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Author biographies

Author biographies
Pages: 373-374
Published online: 04 Oct 2012
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Miscellaneous

Editorial Board
Page: ebi
Published online: 04 Oct 2012
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