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The Tragicomedy of Celebrity

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Celebrity has an age-old appeal. In the Western tradition this appeal and its characteristic motifs can be traced back to the ancient Greeks. Celebrity populates the public stage with a range of larger-than-life actors who play out the human drama—for the edification and the entertainment of the audience. There is comic burlesque and there is tragedy. This article considers the example of the Tiger Woods scandal.

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  1. Department of Sociology, La Trobe University, Melbourne, 3086, Australia

    John Carroll

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Carroll, J. The Tragicomedy of Celebrity. Soc 47, 489–492 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-010-9366-7

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