Celebrity Culture and Crime The Joy of Transgression

In the 21st century celebrities and celebrity culture thrives. This book explores the much noted but little analyzed relationship between celebrity and crime. Criminals who become celebrities and celebrities who become criminals are examined, drawing on Foucault's theory of governance

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Penfold-Mounce, Ruth
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2009, 2009
Series:Cultural Criminology
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Summary:In the 21st century celebrities and celebrity culture thrives. This book explores the much noted but little analyzed relationship between celebrity and crime. Criminals who become celebrities and celebrities who become criminals are examined, drawing on Foucault's theory of governance
Physical Description:VIII, 196 p online resource
ISBN:9780230248304