[Linganth] new author interview -- Vanessa Diaz

[Ilana Gershon]

Dear Colleagues,
Sandhya Narayanan interviews Vanessa Diaz about her new book, 
Manufacturing Celebrity: Latino Paparazzi and
Women Reporters in Hollywood.

See the interview here:
https://campanthropology.org <https://campanthropology.org>

Press blurb:

In/Manufacturing Celebrity/Vanessa 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/People/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.

Best,
Ilana
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