Barry King
Professor Emeritus Barry King is internationally known for his writings on stardom, celebrity and popular culture. He is the author of a substantial range of articles that address issues such as mass media and social identity, reality TV as a form of life, digital stardom and the commodification of performance labour. He was a co-editor and contributor to Studying the Event Film: the Lord of the Rings, Manchester University Press 2008 and the sole author of two books: Taking Fame to Market, Palgrave (2014) and Performing Identity: Actor Training, Commodification and Celebrity (2024). He is currently researching indigenous theories of acting and performance.