In Manufacturing Celebrity Vanessa Díaz traces the complex power dynamics of the reporting and paparazzi work that fuel contemporary Hollywood and American celebrity culture. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, her experience reporting for People magazine, and dozens of interviews with photographers, journalists, publicists, magazine editors, and celebrities, Díaz examines the racialized and gendered labor involved in manufacturing and selling relatable celebrity personas. Celebrity reporters, most of whom are white women, are expected to leverage their sexuality to generate coverage, which makes them vulnerable to sexual exploitation and assault. Meanwhile, the predominantly male Latino paparazzi can face life-threatening situations and endure vilification that echoes anti-immigrant rhetoric. In pointing out the precarity of those who hustle to make a living by generating the bulk of celebrity media, Díaz highlights the profound inequities of the systems that provide consumers with 24/7 coverage of their favorite stars.
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- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. The Precarious Work of Celebrity Media Production
- I: Pappin’ Ain’t Easy
- Chapter One. Shooteando: The Real Paparazzi ofLos Angeles
- Chapter Two. Latinos Selling Celebrity: Economiesand Ethics of Paparazzi Work
- Chapter Three. To Live and Die in L.A.: Life, Death,and Labor in the Hollywood-Industrial Complex
- II: Reporting on the Stars
- Chapter Four. Red Carpet Rituals: Positionality and Power in a Surveilled Space
- Chapter Five. Where Reporting Happens: Precarious Spaces and the Exploitation of Women Reporters
- III: Crafting the Media and the Sociocultural Consequences
- Chapter Six. Body Teams, Baby Bumps, Beauty Standards
- Chapter Seven. “Brad and Angelina: And Now . . .Brangelina!”: The Cultural Economy of (White)Heterosexual Love
- Conclusion. Reconsidering News and Gossipin the Trump Era
- Appendix. Interview Sources
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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