ABSTRACT
Disruptive innovation is also a key marker of resistant and transformatory celebrity culture. In terms of celebrity culture, one begins to understand how celebrity and stardom produce representations and identities in the same registers of meaning. Representations create identities and identities are found in forms of representation: they are interlocking points on the circuit of celebrity culture. Celebrities 'beat out' a particular rhythm, which shapes the way people orientate themselves in the world and the way they see themselves in society. Celebrities are both external and internal regulatory conduits, shaping behaviour, shaping the way fans and consumers mould their own life practices. The chapter concludes with the nodes and points on the two circuits to demonstrate how, when taken together, they show the forces and limitations involved in exploring both the poetics and politics of celebrity culture. It also presents an overview of key concepts discussed in this book.
