Illusions Of Immortality Book

	List of Tables
1	Introduction: defining fame and celebrity	1
	Fame and celebrity: definitions	3
	Fame as a process	4
	Special people	6
	Overview of the book	9
2	'Mad for noblesse': fame through history	12
	The birth of Western civilization	13
	The origins of fame	14
	Fame through art and literature	16
	The dandy and the fraud	18
	The birth of celebrity	19
	P. T. Barnum and the 'freak show'	20
	Hollywood and the rise of the movie star	21
	Post-War fame	23
	The importance of television	24
	Stars today	25
	The Kray Twins and Louise Woodward: infamy as celebrity	27
	'Wacko Jacko': the freak show updated	30
3	The quest for fame	33
	Wanting it now: the case of Morrissey	34
	Explanations from psychological research	36
	Other theories accounting for the desire for fame	43
	Symbolic immortality	49
4	Fame and the 'general public'	54
	Television and psychology	55
	Cross-cultural research	57
	Reality monitoring and 'tele-literacy'	58
	Identification with people on the screen	60
	Parasocial interaction	61
	The formation of parasocial relationships	62
	'Public access' media	67
5	Identity crises: the perils of 'authenticity'	72
	'The self' in psychology	72
	Popular music and 'the self'	78
	Rock 'n' roll suicide	81
	Commodification	85
6	The problems of being famous	90
	New relationships	91
	The loss of privacy	96
	Explanations for fame	100
	Delusions of grandeur: 'We're like God'	102
	The 'gift': all we want to do is make records...	104
	Preparing for fame	107
7	A taxonomy of fame	109
	The typology of fame	110
	Levels of fame	116
	Fame trajectories	119
	Memorable characteristics of famous people	120
	A test of the typology	122
	Uses of the taxonomy	126
8	Beyond parasocial interaction: fans and stalkers	128
	Fans	129
	Religious parallels	134
	Meet the fans!	139
	Stars in danger	142
9	Postscript: the future of celebrity	147
	Technological change?	148
App	Possibilities for future research	155
	Notes and References	158
	Bibliography	177
	Index	184