(Extra)Ordinary?

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Notes on Contributors Introduction: (Extra)Ordinary? ? Jade Alexander and Katarzyna Bronk Part 1: Constructing Celebrity 1 The Big Fellow Is Dead!: Michael Collins as Celebrity and Nationalist Martyr ? Amber Anna Colvin 2 Mediating Bieber in Canada: Authenticating Nation in Fame ? Samita Nandy 3 Literary Celebrity, Politics and the Nobel Prize: The Nobel Lecture as an Authorial Self-Fashioning Platform ? Sandra Mayer Part 2: (Re)Envisioning Stardom 4 Oscar Wilde's Long Afterlife: Victorian Celebrity and Its Transformations in Modern Culture ? Anna Fomichenko 5 Touching Fame: Exploring Interactional Dynamics between Local Celebrities and Fans in Sydney's Roller Derby Scene ? Jade Alexander 6 Celebrity Awards, Fan Communities and the Reconstruction of High and Low Cultures ? Mira Moshe