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portada Manufacturing Celebrity: Latino Paparazzi and Women Reporters in Hollywood
Type
Physical Book
Year
2020
Language
English
Pages
328
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
22.6 x 14.7 x 2.0 cm
Weight
0.73 kg.
ISBN13
9781478009436

Manufacturing Celebrity: Latino Paparazzi and Women Reporters in Hollywood

Vanessa Diaz (Author) · Duke University Press · Paperback

Manufacturing Celebrity: Latino Paparazzi and Women Reporters in Hollywood - Vanessa Diaz

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Synopsis "Manufacturing Celebrity: Latino Paparazzi and Women Reporters in Hollywood"

In Manufacturing Celebrity Vanessa Díaz traces the complex power dynamics of the reporting and paparazzi work that fuel contemporary Hollywood and American celebrity culture. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, her experience reporting for People magazine, and dozens of interviews with photographers, journalists, publicists, magazine editors, and celebrities, Díaz examines the racialized and gendered labor involved in manufacturing and selling relatable celebrity personas. Celebrity reporters, most of whom are white women, are expected to leverage their sexuality to generate coverage, which makes them vulnerable to sexual exploitation and assault. Meanwhile, the predominantly male Latino paparazzi can face life-threatening situations and endure vilification that echoes anti-immigrant rhetoric. In pointing out the precarity of those who hustle to make a living by generating the bulk of celebrity media, Díaz highlights the profound inequities of the systems that provide consumers with 24/7 coverage of their favorite stars.
Vanessa Diaz
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Vanessa Díaz es una académica, etnógrafa, cineasta y periodista estadounidense cuyas investigaciones se centran en la intersección de raza, género y cultura popular. Es Associate Professor en el Departamento de Chicana/o y Latina/o Studies de Loyola Marymount University, en Los Ángeles, donde también enseña cursos sobre cultura pop y resistencia en Puerto Rico.

Díaz es autora de Manufacturing Celebrity: Latino Paparazzi and Women Reporters in Hollywood, una obra que examina las dinámicas de poder, racialización y género en la industria mediática estadounidense. Además, ha trabajado como reportera en medios y ha producido trabajos audiovisuales, incluidos documentales sobre hip‑hop en el Caribe, demostrando su enfoque interdisciplinario y crítico hacia la producción cultural.

Junto con Petra R. Rivera‑Rideau, co‑creó el “Bad Bunny Syllabus”, un recurso educativo que contextualiza la música y carrera de Bad Bunny dentro de debates académicos sobre identidad, colonialismo y resistencia cultural.

En P FKN R, Díaz aporta una perspectiva crítica sobre cómo la música urbana puede ser leída como un medio de resistencia política y cultural, conectando la carrera de Bad Bunny con procesos históricos, sociales y políticos que han marcado a Puerto Rico y su diáspora.
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