Stellar Encounters

Within the intertwined areas of film, television, and media research, thestudy of stardom has developed into a rich field with numerous approaches. Thiscollection of essays interrogates aspects of stardom in Europe, addressing thesignificance of the subject, its particular incarnations, and areas of [...]
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Within the intertwined areas of film, television, and media research, thestudy of stardom has developed into a rich field with numerous approaches. Thiscollection of essays interrogates aspects of stardom in Europe, addressing thesignificance of the subject, its particular incarnations, and areas of possibleresearch within film and television. The essays enter into a dialogue with eachother on multiple levels from individual to national, from private (lives) to public(images), and from empirical scholarly research to theoretical explication. Whileconsidering different practices of stardom in Europe and the meanings that theyproduce, the volume draws some preliminary conclusions about such dichotomies as thefamiliar and the extraordinary or the individual and the community.