Celebrity Studies, Volume 8, Issue 2 (2017)

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Celebrity Studies, Volume 8, Issue 2 (2017)

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Self-branding, ‘micro-celebrity’ and the rise of Social Media Influencers
Susie Khamis, Lawrence Ang & Raymond Welling
Pages: 191-208
Published online: 25 Aug 2016
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Nicolas Cage – good or bad? Stardom, performance, and memes in the age of the Internet
David McGowan
Pages: 209-227
Published online: 17 Oct 2016
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Popularity markers on YouTube’s attention economy: the case of Bubzbeauty
Florencia García-Rapp
Pages: 228-245
Published online: 26 Oct 2016
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‘Jensen Ackles is a (homophobic) douchebag’: the ‘politics of slash’ in debates on a TV star’s homophobia
Joseph Brennan
Pages: 246-261
Published online: 07 Nov 2016
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Till death do us part? Conversations with deceased celebrities through memorial pages on Facebook
Gisela Gil-Egui, Rebecca Kern-Stone & Abbe E. Forman
Pages: 262-277
Published online: 13 Dec 2016
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The hierarchy of celebrity childbirth stories
Rebecca Feasey
Pages: 278-293
Published online: 16 Dec 2016
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‘Ah, love! It’s not for me!’ Off-screen romance and Pola Negri’s star persona
Agata Frymus
Pages: 294-311
Published online: 17 Jan 2017
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Cultural Report

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Non-western celebrity politics and diplomacy: introduction
Andrew F. Cooper, Hugo Dobson & Mark Wheeler
Pages: 312-317
Published online: 19 May 2017
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From project Putin to brand Putin
Adrian Campbell & Elena Denezhkina
Pages: 318-323
Published online: 19 May 2017
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Nation branding and celebrity diplomacy in Bahrain
Marc Owen Jones
Pages: 324-330
Published online: 19 May 2017
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China’s ‘Big V’ bloggers: how celebrities intervene in digital Sino-Japanese relations
Florian Schneider
Pages: 331-336
Published online: 19 May 2017
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Blue sky thinking: the effects of Aoi Sola in a Sino-Japanese context
Jamie Coates
Pages: 337-343
Published online: 19 May 2017
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Forum

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Introduction: farming fame, memorialising Amy Winehouse, and recuperating Salman Khan
Hannah Hamad
Pages: 344-345
Published online: 19 May 2017
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The celebrification of farmers: celebrity and the new politics of farming
Michelle Phillipov & Michael K. Goodman
Pages: 346-350
Published online: 19 May 2017
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From unwilling celebrity to authored icon: reading Amy (Kapadia, 2015)
Hannah Andrews
Pages: 351-354
Published online: 19 May 2017
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Salman Khan: counteracting offscreen transgressions with onscreen heroism
Amber Shields
Pages: 355-358
Published online: 19 May 2017
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Book Reviews

Book Review
The death and resurrection of Elvis Presley, by Ted Harrison
Sophia L. Deboick
Pages: 359-361
Published online: 19 May 2017
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The ultimate Stallone reader: Sylvester Stallone as star, icon, auteur, edited by Chris Holmlund
Tracey Mollet
Pages: 361-363
Published online: 19 May 2017
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