Performing Identity: Actor Training, Self-Commodification and Celebrity
1. Introduction -- 2. The Social Body and Its Transformations -- 3. The Romance of Talent -- 4. Character as a Zombie Concept -- 5. Acting and Technology -- 6. The Search for Work -- 7. The Vicissitudes of Persona -- 8. The Star as a Digital Beneficiary. 9. Conclusion: The Condition of Para-Stardom.
GenresMotion picture actingMotion picture actors and actressesVocational guidancePopular cultureCultureStudy and teaching
280 pages, 2 editions
English edition · First published 2023 by Palgrave Macmillan · ISBN 9783031157974
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2 editions
English
- Performing Identity: Actor Training, Self-Commodification and Celebrity · Palgrave Macmillan · 2023 · ISBN 9783031157974 This page
- Performing Identity: Actor Training, Self-Commodification and Celebrity · Springer International Publishing · 2024 · ISBN 9783031157981
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