Table of Contents
List of contributors vii
Introduction: Gendering Australian celebrity Anthea Taylor Joanna McIntyre 1
Part I Celebrity masculinities and settler colonialism 21
1 From mild colonial boy to 'Jake the Paed': Rolf Harris and Australian celebrity masculinity in the United Kingdom Tanya Serisier 23
2 The manly whiteness of Russell Crowe Sean Redmond 39
3 Johnathan Thurston, Indigeneity, and technologies of masculinity in Australian sporting celebrity culture Holly Randell-Moon 55
Part II Feminist politics and celebrity feminisms 73
4 Celebritised anger: theorising feminist rage, voice, and affective injustice through Hannah Gadsby's Nanette Jilly Boyce Kay 75
5 Clementine Ford, online misogyny, and the labour of celebrity feminism Anita Brady 91
6 'Good girl' turned 'bad': Tracey Spicer's memoir, celebrity feminist journalism, and #MeToo activism in Australia Anthea Taylor 109
Part III Queer celebrity and marginalised subjectivities 129
7 Interviewing a queer national celebrity: Carlotta as an 'outsider within' Australian celebrity culture Joanna McIntyre 131
8 'It was nice for me watching that, because [Magda Szubanski] was very calming': LGBTQ Australians respond to marriage equality activism Lucy Watson 149
Part IV Self-presentation and celebrity femininities 167
9 'I can call myself Australian if I want to': Natalie Tran and Asian Australian femininity on YouTube Sara Tomkins 169
10 Disarming femininity: Annabel Crabb, celebrity, politics, and culture Frances Bonner 186
11 'Australian TV's golden girl': Asher Keddie, Offspring, and the celebrity motherhood narrative Renee Middlemost 202
Index 220