Curvy as a model of ‘celebritization’ and empowerment in Instagram
Keywords:
celebrity studies, Instagram, Social Media, women, identity, curvy
Abstract
Digital communication and the rise of social networks, such as Instagram, have facilitated new models of interaction and communication between people and have configured a new way of understanding fame by configuring the emergence of micro-celebrity. The object of the study is to verify if the hypervisibility that produces the presence in this social network can play an emancipatory role and a possibility of social action through the celebrification in the case of curvy, a group of models and women of large sizes who Have claimed their non-hegemonic body. This example allows us to analyze the intersectionality of gender and class in the discourse of social networks.Downloads
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Published
2017-04-28
How to Cite
José Blanes M. (2017). Curvy as a model of ‘celebritization’ and empowerment in Instagram. CIC. Cuadernos de Información y Comunicación, 22, 203-221. https://doi.org/10.5209/CIYC.55975
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Monograph
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