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date: 24 May 2022

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This article discusses the media celebrity, specifically the field of star studies. The discussion is divided into two main sections. The first section explores the basic elements and history of star studies. It includes discussions on the emergence of celebrity and star studies and the global nature of stardom. The second section outlines the three main directions that star studies has taken, mostly during the post-Dyer years. It also presents a brief outline of the major theoretical currents that compose this still-evolving field, namely the work of stardom, star texts, and identity politics.

Keywords: media celebrity, star studies, celebrity studies, stardom, post-Dyer years, work of stardom, star texts, identity politics

Marsha Orgeron

Marsha Orgeron is an associate professor of film studies at North Carolina State University. Her research interests include the star system and movie fan culture through the studio era; Sam Fuller, Ida Lupino, and other independent filmmakers of the 1940s and 1950s; home movies and industrial and educational films; and the intersections between film and other art forms such as literature. She is the author of Hollywood Ambitions: Celebrity in the Movie Age (2008).

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