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@proceedings{1538618, author = {Walsbergerová, Tereza}, booktitle = {2019 PCA National Conference, 17.04.-20.04. 2019, Washington D.C.}, keywords = {conspiracy; paranoia; celebrity culture; Paul McCartney; Elvis Presley; death}, language = {eng}, title = {(Un)burying the Stars : The Hysterical Realism of Celebrity Deaths in Popular Culture}, url = {https://pcaaca.org/conference/2019}, year = {2019} }
TY - CONF ID - 1538618 AU - Walsbergerová, Tereza PY - 2019 TI - (Un)burying the Stars : The Hysterical Realism of Celebrity Deaths in Popular Culture KW - conspiracy KW - paranoia KW - celebrity culture KW - Paul McCartney KW - Elvis Presley KW - death UR - https://pcaaca.org/conference/2019 L2 - https://pcaaca.org/conference/2019 N2 - When the (fake) news broke in 1969 that Paul McCartney had died and been replaced by a look-alike, fans scrambled to examine every album in search for “death clues”. 8 years later, the grief surrounding the death of Elvis Presley generated a conspiracy theory arguing that the King was still alive. Building on James Wood’s concept of hysterical realism and studies on the cult of celebrity, I argue that our tendency to (un)bury celebrities through the creation of alternate (paranoid) narratives not only stems from our refusal of consensus reality but also the simultaneous desire to both immortalize and resuscitate our idols to seek comfort in eras of social uncertainty. ER -
WALSBERGEROVÁ, Tereza. (Un)burying the Stars : The Hysterical Realism of Celebrity Deaths in Popular Culture. In \textit{2019 PCA National Conference, 17.04.-20.04. 2019, Washington D.C.}. 2019.
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