Celebrity Health Narratives and the Public Health

Christina S Beck author Nathaniel Simmons author Stellina MA Chapman author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc

Published:10th Aug '15

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Celebrity Health Narratives and the Public Health cover

We follow celebrities on Twitter and Facebook, watch them on television, and read about them in supermarket checkout lines. Our relationship with celebrities has never been so immediate. Their personal trials are news headlines and water cooler talk.

Offering the first extensive look at celebrity health sagas, this book examines the ways in which their stories become our stories, influencing public perception and framing dialog about wellness, disease and death. These private-yet-public narratives drive fund-raising, reduce stigma and influence policy. Celebrities such as Mary Tyler Moore, Robin Roberts, Michael J. Fox, and Christopher Reeve--as well as 200 others included in the study--have left a lasting legacy.

“turns a critical eye to the private-turned-public health narratives of celebrities, shared through television and print interviews and social media.... These personal health narratives of public figures inform and inspire people, drawing attention to public health issues and a variety of relatively unknown illnesses, as well as public policy on funding and research”—ProtoView.

ISBN: 9780786479719

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm

Weight: 345g

252 pages