03860nam a22004815i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100024003500118050001600153050001600169072001500185072002300200072001400223100007400237245011900311250001800430264008500448300006400533336002600597337002600623338003600649347002400685505030500709520194301014650002102957650001302978650002702991650001203018650002103030650003403051650002403085650003403109650002103143710003403164773002603198776003603224776003603260776003603296856004603332978-3-031-15798-1DE-He21320251030110854.0cr nn 008mamaa231215s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830311579817 a10.1007/978-3-031-15798-12doi 4aPN1560-1590 4aPN2000-3307 7aAN2bicssc 7aPER0000002bisacsh 7aAT2thema1 aKing, Barry.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut10aPerforming Identityh[electronic resource] :bActor Training, Self-Commodification and Celebrity /cby Barry King.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer International Publishing :bImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,c2024.  aXIII, 280 p. 4 illus., 3 illus. in color.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda0 a1. Introduction -- 2. The Social Body and Its Transformations -- 3. The Romance of Talent -- 4. Character as a Zombie Concept -- 5. Acting and Technology -- 6. The Search for Work -- 7. The Vicissitudes of Persona -- 8. The Star as a Digital Beneficiary. 9. Conclusion: The Condition of Para-Stardom.  aThis book examines how the persistent and deepening casualization and precarity of acting work, coupled with market pressures, has affected the ways in which actors are trained in the US and UK. It reviews the existing state of training, looking at various theories of what the actor does, debates about casting, and the impact of reality television and social media. In the increasing effort to find ways to overcome the precarious labour market for actors and other performers, the traditional emphasis on theatrical character has been replaced by the celebration of the persona – a public image of the performer as a personal brand. As a result, a physiocratic elite, that literally incorporates the collective labour of cultural workers into the star or celebrity body, has formed. This book explores how the star or celebrity’s appearance and comportment are positioned as the rule of nature, formed and abiding outside capitalism as amode of production. This book will be of interest to those studying theatre studies and performance, contemporary stardom and celebrity and the impact of technology on the formation of identity. Barry King is Professor of Communications at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. He is the author (with Sean Cubitt, Harriet Margolies and Thierry Jutel) of Studying the Event Film: The Lord of the Rings (Manchester University Press, 2008) and Taking Fame to market: Essays on the prehistory and post-history of Hollywood stardom ( Palgrave, 2014). He is on the editorial board of Celebrity Studies and Palgrave Communications and is a project reviewer for the Australian Research Council. King has published a substantial number of articles that explore the relationships been popular culture, celebrity and stardom and digital media. His other publications focus on creative labour, semiotic determinism, the sociology of acting and performance and the New Zealand Cultural industries. 0aPerforming arts. 0aTheater. 0aMotion picture acting. 0aActors. 0aPopular Culture.14aTheatre and Performance Arts.24aScreen Performance.24aPerformers and Practitioners.24aPopular Culture.2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303115797408iPrinted edition:z978303115799808iPrinted edition:z978303115800140uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15798-1