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Celebrity Culture and Crime

The Joy of Transgression
By:R. Penfold-Mounce
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9780230224681
eText ISBN:9780230248304
Edition:0
Copyright:2009
Format:Page Fidelity

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In the 21st century celebrities and celebrity culture thrives. This book explores the much noted but little analyzed relationship between celebrity and crime. Criminals who become celebrities and celebrities who become criminals are examined, drawing on Foucault's theory of governance.