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.

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'By bringing the study of celebrity and criminality together and highlighting the many forms of interconnections between them, the book elucidates our often fractious engagement and fascination with both arenas...one can only hope that Penfold-Mounce's book will serve as a valuable prompt for further scholarship on this enormously rich topic.' - Crime, Media, Culture

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University of York, UK

Ruth Penfold-Mounce

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RUTH PENFOLD-MOUNCE is Lecturer in Criminology, University of York, UK. Her research interests include celebrity in relation to gossip, crime, victimization, consumerism and medicine as well as criminological theory, fascination and spectacle.

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Book Title: Celebrity Culture and Crime
Book Subtitle: The Joy of Transgression
Authors: Ruth Penfold-Mounce
Series Title: Cultural Criminology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230248304
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-22468-1Published: 20 January 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-24830-4Published: 20 January 2010
Series ISSN: 2947-8464
Series E-ISSN: 2947-8472
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 196
Topics: Regional and Cultural Studies, Sociology of Culture, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Sociology, general, Cultural Studies, Media Studies

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