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The first chapter outlined the general social and cultural conditions within which a commercial theatre emerged, particularly as they provided a context for the formation of stardom. The purpose of this chapter is to give more precision to this development at the level of the labour process of acting. My basic argument is that stardom depends on an intimate and organic connection with the merchant form of capitalism.
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© 2015 Barry King
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King, B. (2015). The Formation of Stardom. In: Taking Fame to Market. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137344281_3
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