Starstruck : the business of celebrity /
Elizabeth Currid-Halkett.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Faber and Faber, 2010.
- 310 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-288) and index.
Celebrity today -- The celebrity residual : the inexplicable brew of talent, fame, and celebrity -- The relative celebrity (or, the biggest star you never heard of) -- Inside the star machine : celebrity as industry -- How to become a star : the celebrity network -- Whatever you do, don't go to Vegas : the geography of stardom -- The economics of the celebrity residual -- The democratic celebrity -- The future of celebrity.