- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: Polity Press; 2nd Edition edition (4 Jun 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0745633668
- ISBN-13: 978-0745633664
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.8 x 2.4 cm
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"If you want to know what to read into the life of David Beckham, let this be your guidebook. It is an admirably thoughtful work." Patrick Barclay, football columnist, Sunday Telegraph
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The Beckham enigma continues. Since the publication of Cashmore′s challenging social biography in 2003, the working–class kid from the East London has left Manchester and conquered the world. Undisputedly one of the world′s most famous men, Beckham has transcended sport to become an all–purpose cultural icon for the twenty–first century.
What are the sources of Beckham′s godlike status? Why does someone who looks good, but speaks in platitudes and does little but play football, command the adulation of the planet? By dissecting his life and setting it in context of the age of celebrity, Cashmore argues that Beckham has been turned into a product, a commodity that can be bought and sold like any other piece of merchandise. There is not just a person named Beckham: there are countless Beckhams that exist independently of time and space, constructions of peoples′ imaginations.
The second edition of Beckham updates the original′s arguments, covering the events that have shaped the Beckham phenomenon: the Flying Boot that symbolized the growing disquiet at Manchester United, the replacement of his first agents SFX with Simon Fuller (the creator of Pop Idol), the failed attempt to capture a US market, the growing presence of adidas, the sportswear giants, and the transfer saga that took Beckham to Madrid – and his influence beyond.
Among the other features of the second edition are chapters on: Manchester United, the club that provided Beckham with his first showcase; Rupert Murdoch′s takeover of British football; Beckham′s ambiguous sexual image and his gay following; the importance of Madonna in kick–starting the age of celebrity in which Beckham prospered; Beckham′s curious relationships with the legacy of Warhol.
Completely revised and updated, the new text emphasizes the often overlooked part played by Victoria in the making of the icon and the guile with which she helped plan an enterprise that had no precedents.
What are the sources of Beckham′s godlike status? Why does someone who looks good, but speaks in platitudes and does little but play football, command the adulation of the planet? By dissecting his life and setting it in context of the age of celebrity, Cashmore argues that Beckham has been turned into a product, a commodity that can be bought and sold like any other piece of merchandise. There is not just a person named Beckham: there are countless Beckhams that exist independently of time and space, constructions of peoples′ imaginations.
The second edition of Beckham updates the original′s arguments, covering the events that have shaped the Beckham phenomenon: the Flying Boot that symbolized the growing disquiet at Manchester United, the replacement of his first agents SFX with Simon Fuller (the creator of Pop Idol), the failed attempt to capture a US market, the growing presence of adidas, the sportswear giants, and the transfer saga that took Beckham to Madrid – and his influence beyond.
Among the other features of the second edition are chapters on: Manchester United, the club that provided Beckham with his first showcase; Rupert Murdoch′s takeover of British football; Beckham′s ambiguous sexual image and his gay following; the importance of Madonna in kick–starting the age of celebrity in which Beckham prospered; Beckham′s curious relationships with the legacy of Warhol.
Completely revised and updated, the new text emphasizes the often overlooked part played by Victoria in the making of the icon and the guile with which she helped plan an enterprise that had no precedents.
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