Media and celebrity culture – subjectivist, structuralist and post-structuralist approaches to Mother Teresa’s celebrity status

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Author	Alpion, Gëzim Roberge, Gaston
Copyright Year	2017
Description	Concentrating on the figure of Mother Teresa, this chapter identifies some of the approaches and flaws apparent in the contemporary celebrity discourse. Mother Teresa was one of the most written about and publicized twentieth-century women. Except for Pope John Paul II, she was arguably also the most advertised religious celebrity of our time. Different people approach Mother Teresa's celebrity status mainly from one of two differing perspectives: subjectivism or structuralism. In true capitalistic fashion, the media industry manufactures celebrities by the bushel. It appears that Mother Teresa was unique among twentieth-century celebrities in that she could be in public what she was in private. As a seasoned public figure, Mother Teresa apparently succeeded where many media stars usually fail. No political, religious and business support would have kept her in the public eye for five successive decades, unless the propaganda machine and the news industry had paid exclusive attention to her humanitarian work. Book Name: Encounters with Civilizations
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Ending Page	183
Page Count	25
Starting Page	159
DOI	10.4324/9781351311885-11
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2017-09-29
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Book Name: Encounters with Civilizations Classics Mother Teresa Celebrity Structuralist Structuralism Century Religious
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Chapter