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Proximity to Fame & Fame by Proxy (Part 1)

Proximity to Fame & Fame by Proxy (Part 1)

FromAll Each Other Has


Proximity to Fame & Fame by Proxy (Part 1)

FromAll Each Other Has

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Length:
60 minutes
Released:
Jun 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In the premiere episode of All Each Other Has, sisters Ellie and Carrie delve into what it was like being raised by their famous mother Katie Couric during her time at the Today Show (when everyone loved Mom) and at the CBS Evening News (when everyone hated Mom). Citing C. Kurzman et al.'s 2007 article "Celebrity Status," they explore the four kinds of privilege afforded celebrities: interactional, normative, economic, and legal. Carrie and Ellie reflect on whether their desire to be "perfect," particularly in high school, stemmed from a need to prove they were more than their mother's daughters, and how others' recognition of Mom's fame can unmoor their senses of self. Some important concepts cited are Marcuse's performance principle, Berger's "Ways of Seeing," Skeggs & Wood's "spectacular selfhood," and Andrejevic's "the work of being watched."
Released:
Jun 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (26)

Two sisters Ellie and Carrie Monahan (the former a millennial, the latter on the Gen Z cusp) analyze topics like fame by proxy, sleep-away camp in the American imagination, their adolescence of Carnegie Hill etiology, Sontag's portents of the influencer economy, dialectical thinking, cyberbullies, the enduring power of Madame Alexander dolls, and more. Done through a sometimes academic, often solipsistic lens. They love each other, and love you for listening.