Understanding Celebrity and the Public Sphere

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Leila Green

Abstract

A review of Alan McKee, The Public Sphere: An Introduction (Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, 2005) and Graeme Turner, Understanding Celebrity (Sage, London, 2004).

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Author Biography

Leila Green, Edith Cowan University

Lelia Green is Professor of Communications in Edith Cowan University's School of Communications and Contemporary Arts. She is also author of Technoculture: from alphabet to cybersex (2002, Allen & Unwin) and a Chief Investigator of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation.

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