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.

'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

Autorentext
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.

Inhalt
Introduction: Cultural Criminology and the Joy of Transgression Celebrating Criminality and Cultural Criminology Culture Industry and Foucauldian Governmentality Resonance and Celebrated Criminality Celebrated Criminality and Governance The Undermining of Celebrated Criminality The Evolution of Celebrated Criminality Conclusion: Celebrating Crime in a Celebrity Culture Bibliography