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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Dear Colleagues,<br>
Sandhya Narayanan interviews Vanessa Diaz about her new book,
Manufacturing Celebrity: Latino Paparazzi and <br>
Women Reporters in Hollywood.<br>
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See the interview here:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://campanthropology.org">https://campanthropology.org</a><br>
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Press blurb:<br>
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Díaz traces the complex power dynamics of the reporting and
paparazzi work that fuel contemporary Hollywood and American
celebrity culture. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, her
experience reporting for<span> </span></span><i
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!important; float: none;"><span> </span>magazine, and dozens of
interviews with photographers, journalists, publicists, magazine
editors, and celebrities, Díaz examines the racialized and
gendered labor involved in manufacturing and selling relatable
celebrity personas. Celebrity reporters, most of whom are white
women, are expected to leverage their sexuality to generate
coverage, which makes them vulnerable to sexual exploitation and
assault. Meanwhile, the predominantly male Latino paparazzi can
face life-threatening situations and endure vilification that
echoes anti-immigrant rhetoric. In pointing out the precarity of
those who hustle to make a living by generating the bulk of
celebrity media, Díaz highlights the profound inequities of the
systems that provide consumers with 24/7 coverage of their
favorite stars.<br>
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Best,<br>
Ilana<br>
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