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Ellis Cashmore Beckham (Hardback) Celebrities (UK IMPORT)
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- Book Title
- Beckham
- Title
- Beckham
- EAN
- 9780745633664
- ISBN
- 9780745633664
- Edition
- 2nd Edition, Fully Revised and Updated
- Genre
- Sports & Hobbies
- Subject
- Biography
- Release Date
- 06/04/2004
- Release Year
- 2004
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Publication Name
- Beckham
- Item Length
- 9.3in
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Series
- Celebrities, Celebrities Ser.
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Features
- Revised
- Item Width
- 6.3in
- Item Weight
- 17.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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The Beckham enigma continues. Since the publication of Cashmore s challenging social biography in 2003, the working-class kid from the East London has left Manchester and conquered the world. Undisputedly one of the world s most famous men, Beckham has transcended sport to become an all-purpose cultural icon for the twenty-first century. What are the sources of Beckham s godlike status? Why does someone who looks good, but speaks in platitudes and does little but play football, command the adulation of the planet? By dissecting his life and setting it in context of the age of celebrity, Cashmore argues that Beckham has been turned into a product, a commodity that can be bought and sold like any other piece of merchandise. There is not just a person named Beckham: there are countless Beckhams that exist independently of time and space, constructions of peoples imaginations. The second edition of Beckham updates the original s arguments, covering the events that have shaped the Beckham phenomenon: the Flying Boot that symbolized the growing disquiet at Manchester United, the replacement of his first agents SFX with Simon Fuller (the creator of Pop Idol), the failed attempt to capture a US market, the growing presence of adidas, the sportswear giants, and the transfer saga that took Beckham to Madrid and his influence beyond. Among the other features of the second edition are chapters on: Manchester United, the club that provided Beckham with his first showcase; Rupert Murdoch s takeover of British football; Beckham s ambiguous sexual image and his gay following; the importance of Madonna in kick-starting the age of celebrity in which Beckham prospered; Beckham s curious relationships with the legacy of Warhol. Completely revised and updated, the new text emphasizes the often overlooked part played by Victoria in the making of the icon and the guile with which she helped plan an enterprise that had no precedents.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Polity Press
ISBN-10
0745633668
ISBN-13
9780745633664
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30876171
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Beckham
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Features
Revised
Series
Celebrities, Celebrities Ser.
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6.3in
Weight
17.3 Oz
Item Weight
17.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Gv942.7
Publication Date
2004-07-23
Edition Description
Revised, Revised Edition
Edition Number
2
Table of Content
Introduction. 1. OF FROGS AND PRINCES. 2. DISASTER OR DELIVERANCE'. 3. INTO THE WHIRLPOOL. 4. ARTISAN AND ARTIST. 5. THE WORLD IS JUST ABOUT ENOUGH. 6. VICTORIA'S MACHINE. 7. MANCHILD IN PURGATORY. 8. SEX, MASCULINITY AND THE TEMPTATION OF GAY MEN. 9. CUSTODIANS OF THE IMAGE. 10. MADONNA'S PACT. 11. AN AD, A PRODUCT AND A BRAND. 12. YOUR FIFTEEN MINUTES ARE ALMOST UP. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Illustrated by
Ellis Cashmore
Copyright Date
2004
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Rich & Famous, Soccer, Sociology / General, Popular Culture
Lccn
2004-557487
Dewey Decimal
796.3/34/092
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation, Social Science
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