Reluctant Celebrity Affect and Privilege in Contemporary Stardom
In this book, Lorraine York examines the figure of the celebrity who expresses discomfort with his or her intense condition of social visibility. Bringing together the fields of celebrity studies and what Ann Cvetkovich has called the “affective turn in c
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Reluctant Celebrity
Lorraine York
Reluctant Celebrity Affect and Privilege in Contemporary Stardom
Lorraine York McMaster University Hamilton, ON, Canada
ISBN 978-3-319-71173-7 ISBN 978-3-319-71174-4 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71174-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017962436 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Image Credit: Cultura RM / Alamy Stock Photo Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Acknowledgments
I am anything but reluctant to admit how much this book and its author have benefitted from the labour, thinking, and care of others. I am fortunate to work with generous faculty and graduate colleagues in McMaster University’s Department of English and Cultural Studies. I thank, in particular, former research assistants Kasim Husain, Pamela Ingleton, and Katja Lee, each of whom has contributed energetically and so intelligently to this project. I am indeed fortunate to have been able to work with you. Sarah Brophy, as always, has been a source of valuable recommendations for reading: thank you for suggesting Eva Ilouz’s book! I thank Pamela Ingleton and Katja Lee for their perceptive and searching critiques of the Introduction and first chapter, from which I benefitted greatly. Those chapters are better because of their suggestions. I’m also aware that I am privileged to have my research supported by the Faculty of Humanities’ Senator William McMaster chair in Canadian Literature and Culture. I learn every week from colleague-friends Daniel Coleman, Chandrima Chakraborty, Sarah Brophy, Nadine Attewell, and others, embodiments all of critical gen
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