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

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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