Graeme Turner's distinctively cultural studies approach to celebrity has shaped, and will continue to shape, the subfield of celebrity studies in profound ways. Incorporating personal reflections on how he shaped my own work and research trajectory, here I consider Graeme's extensive, groundbreaking work in this area along with his own commentary on how we might undertake research into this complex phenomenon in ways that better illuminate its cultural and social function – a key preoccupation in all his writing on celebrity.
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