Lady Gaga - the ultimate simulation? Deconstruction of celebrity as self-perpetuating hyperreality within capitalist society
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- Title
- Lady Gaga - the ultimate simulation? Deconstruction of celebrity as self-perpetuating hyperreality within capitalist society
- Creator
- Kateryna Kononenko
- Date
- 2019
- Abstract
- Lady Gaga is arguably one of the most iconic celebrities of the 21st century (Brabazon, Redhead, 2013, p.6). The pop singer stormed the music industry in 2008 with a song 'Just Dance' that set this young female artist up for a spectacular career that is thriving in the current year of 2019. Early on, Lady Gaga has established herself as an absurdly theatrical, provocative pop artist (CBS News, 2011), who over the years has been claiming that the way she presents her artistic persona in the public eye is not a constructed choice driven by the profit motive. It is an expression of her authentic self, separated from the system's influence (Beat 1, 2017). Taking into consideration Lady Gaga's artistic pursuits and the leverage of power achieved, she provokes many questions that in the current state of the oversaturated, individualist, celebrity-driven media (Fillis, 2015, p.653) might be of the essence to ask, in order to understand the underlying mystery behind Lady Gaga's success. The central question this essay will be exploring is whether Lady Gaga is a capitalist-driven construction that operates under the auspices of artistic expression.
- Subject
- Performance
- Celebrity culture
- Capitalism
- Extent
- 33 pages
- Format
- Publisher
- Regent's University London
- degree
- Film Studies
- Language
- English
- Date Issued
- 2019
- Type
- Report
- Rights Holder
- Kateryna Kononenko and Regent's University London
- Item sets
- Theses or Dissertation