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Mother Teresa

Saint or Celebrity?

Mother Teresa

Saint or Celebrity?

ByGezim Alpion
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2006
eBook Published 16 October 2006
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4324/9780203087510
Pages 304 pages
eBook ISBN 9781134163700
SubjectsHumanities
KeywordsMother Teresa, Dominique Lapierre, Celebrity Culture, Missionaries Of Charity, Celebrity Worship
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Alpion, G. (2007). Mother Teresa. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203087510
ABOUT THIS BOOK

Mother Teresa was one of the most written about and publicised women in modern times. Apart from Pope John Paul II, she was arguably the most advertised religious celebrity in the last quarter of the twentieth century. During her lifetime as well as posthumously, Mother Teresa continues to generate a huge level of interest and heated debate.

Gëzim Alpion explores the significance of Mother Teresa to the mass media, to celebrity culture, to the Church and to various political groups. A section explores the ways different vested interests have sought to appropriate her after her death, and also examines Mother Teresa's own attitude to her childhood and to the Balkan conflicts in the 1980s and 1990s.

This book sheds a new and fascinating light upon this remarkable and influential woman, which will intrigue followers of Mother Teresa and those who study the vagaries of stardom and celebrity culture.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|26 pages
Mother Teresa and Celebrity Culture
View abstract
chapter 2|52 pages
The Balkans Appropriation of Mother Teresa
View abstract
chapter 3|26 pages
The Forgotten Years
View abstract
chapter 4|50 pages
Mother Teresa’s attitude towards her early years
View abstract
chapter 5|28 pages
Jesus the Divine Superstar
View abstract
chapter 6|46 pages
From church rebel to church asset
View abstract

Mother Teresa was one of the most written about and publicised women in modern times. Apart from Pope John Paul II, she was arguably the most advertised religious celebrity in the last quarter of the twentieth century. During her lifetime as well as posthumously, Mother Teresa continues to generate a huge level of interest and heated debate.

Gëzim Alpion explores the significance of Mother Teresa to the mass media, to celebrity culture, to the Church and to various political groups. A section explores the ways different vested interests have sought to appropriate her after her death, and also examines Mother Teresa's own attitude to her childhood and to the Balkan conflicts in the 1980s and 1990s.

This book sheds a new and fascinating light upon this remarkable and influential woman, which will intrigue followers of Mother Teresa and those who study the vagaries of stardom and celebrity culture.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|26 pages
Mother Teresa and Celebrity Culture
View abstract
chapter 2|52 pages
The Balkans Appropriation of Mother Teresa
View abstract
chapter 3|26 pages
The Forgotten Years
View abstract
chapter 4|50 pages
Mother Teresa’s attitude towards her early years
View abstract
chapter 5|28 pages
Jesus the Divine Superstar
View abstract
chapter 6|46 pages
From church rebel to church asset
View abstract
CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS BOOK

Mother Teresa was one of the most written about and publicised women in modern times. Apart from Pope John Paul II, she was arguably the most advertised religious celebrity in the last quarter of the twentieth century. During her lifetime as well as posthumously, Mother Teresa continues to generate a huge level of interest and heated debate.

Gëzim Alpion explores the significance of Mother Teresa to the mass media, to celebrity culture, to the Church and to various political groups. A section explores the ways different vested interests have sought to appropriate her after her death, and also examines Mother Teresa's own attitude to her childhood and to the Balkan conflicts in the 1980s and 1990s.

This book sheds a new and fascinating light upon this remarkable and influential woman, which will intrigue followers of Mother Teresa and those who study the vagaries of stardom and celebrity culture.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|26 pages
Mother Teresa and Celebrity Culture
View abstract
chapter 2|52 pages
The Balkans Appropriation of Mother Teresa
View abstract
chapter 3|26 pages
The Forgotten Years
View abstract
chapter 4|50 pages
Mother Teresa’s attitude towards her early years
View abstract
chapter 5|28 pages
Jesus the Divine Superstar
View abstract
chapter 6|46 pages
From church rebel to church asset
View abstract

Mother Teresa was one of the most written about and publicised women in modern times. Apart from Pope John Paul II, she was arguably the most advertised religious celebrity in the last quarter of the twentieth century. During her lifetime as well as posthumously, Mother Teresa continues to generate a huge level of interest and heated debate.

Gëzim Alpion explores the significance of Mother Teresa to the mass media, to celebrity culture, to the Church and to various political groups. A section explores the ways different vested interests have sought to appropriate her after her death, and also examines Mother Teresa's own attitude to her childhood and to the Balkan conflicts in the 1980s and 1990s.

This book sheds a new and fascinating light upon this remarkable and influential woman, which will intrigue followers of Mother Teresa and those who study the vagaries of stardom and celebrity culture.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|26 pages
Mother Teresa and Celebrity Culture
View abstract
chapter 2|52 pages
The Balkans Appropriation of Mother Teresa
View abstract
chapter 3|26 pages
The Forgotten Years
View abstract
chapter 4|50 pages
Mother Teresa’s attitude towards her early years
View abstract
chapter 5|28 pages
Jesus the Divine Superstar
View abstract
chapter 6|46 pages
From church rebel to church asset
View abstract
ABOUT THIS BOOK
ABOUT THIS BOOK

Mother Teresa was one of the most written about and publicised women in modern times. Apart from Pope John Paul II, she was arguably the most advertised religious celebrity in the last quarter of the twentieth century. During her lifetime as well as posthumously, Mother Teresa continues to generate a huge level of interest and heated debate.

Gëzim Alpion explores the significance of Mother Teresa to the mass media, to celebrity culture, to the Church and to various political groups. A section explores the ways different vested interests have sought to appropriate her after her death, and also examines Mother Teresa's own attitude to her childhood and to the Balkan conflicts in the 1980s and 1990s.

This book sheds a new and fascinating light upon this remarkable and influential woman, which will intrigue followers of Mother Teresa and those who study the vagaries of stardom and celebrity culture.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|26 pages
Mother Teresa and Celebrity Culture
View abstract
chapter 2|52 pages
The Balkans Appropriation of Mother Teresa
View abstract
chapter 3|26 pages
The Forgotten Years
View abstract
chapter 4|50 pages
Mother Teresa’s attitude towards her early years
View abstract
chapter 5|28 pages
Jesus the Divine Superstar
View abstract
chapter 6|46 pages
From church rebel to church asset
View abstract

Mother Teresa was one of the most written about and publicised women in modern times. Apart from Pope John Paul II, she was arguably the most advertised religious celebrity in the last quarter of the twentieth century. During her lifetime as well as posthumously, Mother Teresa continues to generate a huge level of interest and heated debate.

Gëzim Alpion explores the significance of Mother Teresa to the mass media, to celebrity culture, to the Church and to various political groups. A section explores the ways different vested interests have sought to appropriate her after her death, and also examines Mother Teresa's own attitude to her childhood and to the Balkan conflicts in the 1980s and 1990s.

This book sheds a new and fascinating light upon this remarkable and influential woman, which will intrigue followers of Mother Teresa and those who study the vagaries of stardom and celebrity culture.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|26 pages
Mother Teresa and Celebrity Culture
View abstract
chapter 2|52 pages
The Balkans Appropriation of Mother Teresa
View abstract
chapter 3|26 pages
The Forgotten Years
View abstract
chapter 4|50 pages
Mother Teresa’s attitude towards her early years
View abstract
chapter 5|28 pages
Jesus the Divine Superstar
View abstract
chapter 6|46 pages
From church rebel to church asset
View abstract
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