Star/poverty space: The making of the 'development celebrity'

Celebrity Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-85

  Goodman, Michael K ^a   Barnes, Christine ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Celebrity praxis; Development celebrity; Expertise; Materiality; Place; Space

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956066852     PISSN: 19392397     EISSN: 19392400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19392397.2011.544164     Document Type: Article

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