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[Commlist] Celebrity Memoir: from Ghostwriting to Gender Politics published

Mon Nov 23 14:37:09 GMT 2020



Hannah Yelin's new book *Celebrity Memoir: from Ghostwriting to Gender Politics* is now out. Perhaps especially those teaching and researching on the topics of gender, celebrity culture, the politics of production, 21st century women's writing, porn, reality TV, YouTubers, pop stardom, or life narratives in their various forms.

It is currently £12 in ebook format (usually £64) til 1st Dec with the discount code *CYBER20PAL.*

https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030446208#aboutBook

*Celebrity Memoir: from Ghostwriting to Gender Politics*
In this timely analysis of the economics of access that surround contemporary female celebrity, Hannah Yelin reveals a culture that requires women to be constantly ‘baring all’ in physical exposure and psychic confessions. As famous women tell their story, in their ‘own words’, constellations of ghostwriters, intermediaries and market forces undermine assertions of authorship and access to the ‘real’ woman behind the public image. Yelin’s account of the presence of the ghostwriter offers a fascinating microcosm of the wider celebrity machine, with insights pertinent to all celebrity mediation. Yelin surveys life-writing genres including fiction, photo-diary, comic-strip, and art anthology, as well as more ‘traditional’ autobiographical forms; covering a wide range of media platforms and celebrity contexts including reality TV, YouTube, pop stardom, and porn/glamour modelling. Despite this diversity, Yelin reveals seemingly inescapable conventions, as well as spaces for resistance. /Celebrity Memoir: from Ghostwriting to Gender Politics/ offers new insights on the curtailment of women’s voices, with ramifications for literary studies of memoir, feminist media studies, celebrity studies, and work on the politics of production in the creative industries.

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