Akile Ahmet is a Knowledge Transfer Fellow at Brunel University and Heather Mendick is Reader in Education. Both worked on the ESRC funded study of “The role of celebrity in young people’s classed and gendered aspirations” that is the source for this article. Find out more at www.celebyouth.org and @CelebYouthUK.
-
Published in: TransformationCelebrity talk and the problem of inequalityDo attitudes towards the rich and famous help to legitimize gross disparities in wealth and power?