Jane Arthurs,Ben Little's Russell Brand: Comedy, Celebrity, Politics (Palgrave Studies PDF

By Jane Arthurs,Ben Little

ISBN-10: 1137596279

ISBN-13: 9781137596277

Russell model is among the such a lot excessive profile and debatable celebrities of our time. A divisive determine, his skill to bop again from adversity is extraordinary. This e-book lines his quite a few profession phases during which he has performed this, relocating from comedy, to television providing; from radio to Hollywood movies. It identifies how this eclectic occupation in leisure either helped and hindered his high-profile circulation into political activism. Underpinning the ebook are interviews with major activists and politicians, and complicated readings of Brand's performances, writing and on-screen paintings. There are sections at the Sachsgate scandal, his Newsnight interview with Jeremy Paxman, and his 2015 election intervention for aspiring top Minister Ed Miliband. It builds on scholarly paintings within the zone of megastar politics to strengthen an unique analytic strategy that blends the sector conception of Pierre Bourdieu with the assemblage concept of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari. 

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