Chorowanie na ekranie. Casus onkocelebrytów
Sick(ness) Show: Case of Cancer Celebrities
Author(s): Mateusz SzubertSubject(s): Media studies, Health and medicine and law, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Szkoła Wyższa Psychologii Społecznej
Keywords: celebrities; illness; social exhibitionism; taboo; shame; the post-privacy society;
Summary/Abstract: The subject of the article is the analysis of the disease mediatisation phenomenon. The dissemination of patient confessions (newspapers, interviews, memories) is related to the emancipation and autonomy of the (suffering) entity and the crisis of the private sphere in the contemporary culture. In the age of culture of exhibition, all taboo subjects have been abolished. The media are very keen to discuss issues related to cancer, especially when they concern celebrities. Celebrities suffering from all kinds of diseases have initiated a new cultural trend – the willingness to make their suffering public.
Journal: Kultura Popularna
- Issue Year: 60/2019
- Issue No: 02
- Page Range: 102-116
- Page Count: 15
- Language: Polish