Celebrity Studies, Volume 6, Issue 4 (2015)

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Celebrity Advocacy

Editorial

Editorial
Celebrity advocacy: international and comparative perspectives
Dan Brockington
Pages: 393-398
Published online: 08 Oct 2015
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Special issue articles

Article
Celebrities as norm entrepreneurs in international politics: Mia Farrow and the ‘Genocide Olympics’ campaign
Alexandra Cosima Budabin
Pages: 399-413
Published online: 15 Sep 2015
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Peng Liyuan’s humanitarianism: morality, politics and eyeing the present and past
Johanna Hood
Pages: 414-429
Published online: 24 Sep 2015
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Monarchical nation branding: Queen Rania’s performance of modernity on YouTube
Maral Tatios Yessayan
Pages: 430-442
Published online: 29 Sep 2015
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Personal connections, unexpected journeys: U2 and Angelina Jolie in Bosnia
Asteris Huliaras & Nikolaos Tzifakis
Pages: 443-456
Published online: 17 Sep 2015
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Blinded by the stars? Celebrity, fantasy, and desire in neoliberal environmental governance
Robert Fletcher
Pages: 457-470
Published online: 15 Sep 2015
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The new Victorians? Celebrity charity and the demise of the welfare state
Jo Littler
Pages: 471-485
Published online: 25 Sep 2015
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Towards an international understanding of the power of celebrity persuasions: a review and a research agenda
Dan Brockington
Pages: 486-504
Published online: 23 Sep 2015
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Celebrity-black: the meanings of race and performances of aid celebrity outside the mainstream Hollywood/UK circuit
Lene Bull Christiansen & Lisa Ann Richey
Pages: 505-518
Published online: 01 Oct 2015
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General articles

Article
Sensing ‘performance anxiety’: Zhang Ziyi, Tang Wei, and female film stardom in the People’s Republic of China
Mila Zuo
Pages: 519-537
Published online: 29 Jan 2015
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Field migration, cultural mobility and celebrity: the case of Paul McCartney
David C. Giles
Pages: 538-552
Published online: 16 Mar 2015
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Reading celebrities/narrating selves: ‘tween’ girls, Miley Cyrus and the good/bad girl binary
Tiina Vares & Sue Jackson
Pages: 553-567
Published online: 18 Mar 2015
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The power of celebrities: past experiences, current status, and a friendly encounter as key components to transform young individuals in It Gets Better
Sandra Wagemakers & Frederik Dhaenens
Pages: 568-582
Published online: 01 Apr 2015
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Masculine interventions and transnational celebrity activism in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti
Spring-Serenity Duvall
Pages: 583-600
Published online: 11 May 2015
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Forum

Introduction: intersections of fame, politics and power in the contemporary celebrity mediascape
Hannah Hamad
Pages: 601-602
Published online: 08 Oct 2015
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Real/reel politics and popular culture
Sally Totman & P. David Marshall
Pages: 603-606
Published online: 28 Sep 2015
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Pixels, porn, and private selves: intimacy and authenticity in the celebrity nude photo hack
Caitlin E. Lawson
Pages: 607-609
Published online: 28 Sep 2015
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From tweets to movements: celebrity power and the modern police state
William Howell & Trevor Parry-Giles
Pages: 610-612
Published online: 24 Sep 2015
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Book reviews

Book Review
John Wayne’s world: transnational masculinity in the fifties, by Russell Meeuf, Austin, University of Texas Press, 2013, 225 pp., £36.31 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-29-274746-3
John Caro
Pages: 613-615
Published online: 29 Sep 2015
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Celebrity and power: fame in contemporary culture, 2nd edition, by P. David Marshall, Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 2014 [1997], 290 pp., £26.00 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-81-669562-1
Laura Clancy
Pages: 615-618
Published online: 28 Sep 2015
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Spectacular girls: media fascination and celebrity culture, by Sarah Projansky, New York, New York University Press, 2014, 294 pp., £16.99 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-81-472481-1
Kirsty Fairclough-Isaacs
Pages: 618-619
Published online: 28 Sep 2015
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Editorial Board

Editorial Board
Page: ebi
Published online: 08 Oct 2015
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