The Sociology of Celebrity

Ferris, Kerry O.

doi:10.1111/j.1751-9020.2007.00019.x

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“…Proceeding from overviews by Ferris (2007) and Turner (2010) on the academic study of celebrity, this article took as a starting point the dominance of textual and discursive analyses in celebrity studies. It elaborated on a suggestion given by Ferris to engage celebrities in research not as textual or discursive study objects, but as participants in interviews and observations.…”

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“…This last possibility has already been promoted by Ferris (2007). She argued that it would enable the study of 'the experiential aspects of becoming and being a celebrity, and .…”

Section: Trends and Challenges In Celebrity Studies Researchmentioning

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“…Although the dominance of these two angles is debatable and it is possible for them to be complemented or replaced by effect studies on celebrity endorsement (e.g., Erdogan 1999) or the subfield of celebrity politics (e.g., Street 2004), few would disagree that the approach of celebrity as a commodity is central in the literature. Yet, as Ferris (2007) rightly pointed out, these critical analyses are mainly theoretical and should also be studied more empirically.…”

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“…The first is Kerry Ferris (2007), an American sociologist who specialises in ethnographic research on celebrity, including local celebrities (Ferris 2004(Ferris , 2010. She observed two dominant strands within the literature on celebrity: celebrity and celebrity worship as a pathology (e.g., McCutcheon et al 2002) and critical thinking on celebrity as a cultural commodity (King 2010, Marshall 1997.…”

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“…We need to begin by qualifying Ferris' (2007) Another study that used interviews with celebrities was completed by psychologists Donna Rockwell and David Giles (2009). Drawing on 15 interviews with American celebrities from television news, entertainment, film, sports, and music, as well as government, business, law and publishing, Rockwell and Giles explored the phenomenology of fame.…”

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“…This last possibility has already been promoted by Ferris (2007). She argued that it would enable the study of 'the experiential aspects of becoming and being a celebrity, and .…”

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The Values of Independent Hip-Hop in the Post-Golden Era

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To what extent and how does independent hip-hop challenge or reproduce US mainstream hip-hop culture and US culture more generally? This chapter attempts to address this age-old question. The author also reviews the history and literature on hip-hop culture, provides an overview of the underlying theory and methodology, and gives an outline of the remaining chapters. His research combines neo-Marxist, critical race, intersectional feminist, and queer theories, as well as Mansbridge and Morris' (Oppositional Consciousness: The Subjective Roots of Social Protest, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2001) concept of oppositional consciousness. The research design utilizes a mixed methods approach, which includes content analysis of twenty-five indie albums from 2000 to 2013 and interviews with forty-six members of the independent hip-hop community, to uncover the historical trajectory of independent hip-hop in the post-golden era and how it has affected the culture today. Keywords Independent hip-hop • Mainstream hip-hop • Post-golden era • Race and class • Gender and sexuality • Oppositional consciousness Hip-hop, or the cultural movement that developed during the late 1970s, and hip-hop music (aka rap music), or the aspect of hip-hop that focuses on the musical style where rhyming speech is done to the beat of CHAPTER 1 Introduction

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Just Say No to the Majors: Independent Hip-Hop Culture

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The Values of Independent Hip-Hop in the Post-Golden Era

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This chapter aims to uncover how independent hip-hop in the post-golden era challenges or reproduces cultural ideologies within US mainstream hip-hop culture and US culture more generally. Based on a content analysis of artists' lyrics, the author identifies three recurrent themes found in albums by twenty-five indie hip-hop artists. First, these acts resist the majors through mainstream artists, large radio stations, and major record labels. Second, they reject the corporatization and commodification by major record labels and mainstream culture in favor of independently owned companies. Third, they advocate for an indie culture based on alternative cultural ideals. They instead socially construct and advocate for a brand of authenticity rooted in hip-hop's origins. Keywords Independent hip-hop • Authenticity • Corporatization and commodification • Mainstream hip-hop • Major record labels • Independent record labels Immortal Technique's song, entitled "One Remix" (2003a), emphasizes the sentiments of many independent artists who believe that hip-hop needs to continue to be free from economic and cultural control by large corporations who dominate mainstream culture. As Rose (2008) states, three record labels nicknamed the "majors" (Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Music Group) distribute more than 85% of the music globally in the industry. Conversely, independent CHAPTER 2

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The Sociology of Celebrity

Cited by 72 publications

References 25 publications

Expanding celebrity studies’ research agenda: theoretical opportunities and methodological challenges in interviewing celebrities

Expanding celebrity studies’ research agenda: theoretical opportunities and methodological challenges in interviewing celebrities

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Just Say No to the Majors: Independent Hip-Hop Culture

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