This book explores a range of insightful contexts in order to add vigour and vitality to our understanding of the connections between celebrities, markets and culture. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Marketing Management.

Douglas Brownlie is Professor of Marketing and Consumer Culture in the School of Business, University of Dundee, UK.

Paul Hewer is a Reader in the Department of Marketing at Strathclyde University, Glasgow, UK.

Finola Kerrigan is a Reader in Marketing and Consumption at the University of Birmingham, UK.

Introduction: Celebrity, convergence and transformation 1. Marketing and the cultural production of celebrity in the era of media convergence 2. Puppets of necessity? Celebritisation in structured reality television 3. Producing and consuming celebrity identity myths: unpacking the classed identities of Cheryl Cole and Katie Price 4. The spectacularization of suffering: an analysis of the use of celebrities in 'Comic Relief' UK's charity fundraising campaigns 5. 'And Ziggy played guitar': Bowie, the market, and the emancipation and resurrection of Ziggy Stardust 6. Nigellissima: a study of glamour, performativity and embodiment 7. Fabricating celebrity brands via scandalous narrative: crafting, capering and commodifying the comedian, Russell Brand 8. The authentic celebrity brand: unpacking Ai Weiwei's celebritised selves 9. The production and consumption activities relating to the celebrity artist 10. Unpacking celebrity brands through unpaid market communications 11. Celebrities as human brands: an investigation of the effects of personality and time on celebrities' appeal