Download PDF by Mathieu Deflem: Lady Gaga and the Sociology of Fame: The Rise of a Pop Star

By Mathieu Deflem

This e-book investigates the stardom of girl Gaga inside a cultural-sociological framework. Resisting a reductionist standpoint of repute as a commodity, Mathieu Deflem bargains an empirical exam of the social stipulations that trained girl Gaga’s upward push to popularity. The e-book delves into subject matters reminiscent of the selling of girl Gaga; the criminal concerns that experience dogged her profession; the media; her viewers; her activism; problems with intercourse, gender, and sexuality; and girl Gaga’s distinct artistry. by means of education a focus in this singular pop icon, woman Gaga and the Sociology of popularity invitations readers to contemplate the character of stardom in an age of celebrity.

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