Download or read book Keeping Up the Kardashian Brand written by Amanda Scheiner McClain and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kardashian family is a contemporary cultural touchstone, recognizable throughout the world connoting warrantless celebrity, voluptuous beauty, and social media savviness. Amanda Scheiner McClain explores the Kardashians’ brand and celebrity via narrative discourse analyses of their hit reality television series, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, social media utilization, and popular press coverage. This triangulated study allows insight into contemporaneous American culture: societal norms, values, and ideologies, as well as structural and cultural aspects of cross-platform brand creation. The television series examination finds intrinsic paradoxes of sexuality/conservatism, family/business, beauty/unhappiness, narcissism/celebrity, intimate/transgressiveness, and traditional/nontraditional gender roles, as well as materialism and public vs. private spheres themes. In addition, a study of the Kardashian blogs and Twitter use finds that their careful participation amplifies celebrity and unifies the overall brand into a single, sellable image across media. Through interactive media and just being themselves, the Kardashians renovate banal status updates and hackneyed reality television into character-constructing building blocks of brand, celebrity, and profits.
Download or read book Cupcakes Pinterest and Ladyporn written by Elana Levine and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Media expansion into the digital realm and the continuing segregation of users into niches has led to a proliferation of cultural products targeted to and consumed by women. Though often dismissed as frivolous or excessively emotional, feminized culture in reality offers compelling insights into the American experience of the early twenty-first century. Elana Levine brings together writings from feminist critics that chart the current terrain of feminized pop cultural production. Analyzing everything from Fifty Shades of Grey to Pinterest to pregnancy apps, contributors examine the economic, technological, representational, and experiential dimensions of products and phenomena that speak to, and about, the feminine. As these essays show, the imperative of productivity currently permeating feminized pop culture has created a generation of texts that speak as much to women's roles as public and private workers as to an impulse for fantasy or escape. Incisive and compelling, Cupcakes, Pinterest, and Ladyporn sheds new light on contemporary women's engagement with an array of media forms in the context of postfeminist culture and neoliberalism.
Download or read book Keeping Up with the Kardashians written by John Cashin and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you're part of a large, blended family, there's bound to be plenty of drama on a daily basis. That's the premise of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, a popular reality television show that airs on the E! network. The show features sexy sisters Kourtney, Kim, and Khloé Kardashian, their strong-willed mother Kris Jenner and former sports-star stepdad Bruce Jenner, and younger siblings Robert Kardashian, Kendall Jenner, and Kylie Jenner. This book in the MAJOR REALITY SHOWS series provides history about the show's creation, and takes a closer look into the lives of celebutante Kim Kardashian and her family. It also examines the spin-off show Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami, which aired in 2009 and 2010. Book jacket.
Download or read book Kardashian Konfidential written by Kourtney Kardashian and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-11-23 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authorized, three-way confessional by the reality television celebrities shares fun facts about their shared childhoods, presents beauty and style secrets, and reveals family insights that sustain their professional lives.
Download or read book Kris Jenner And All Things Kardashian written by Kris Jenner and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everybody's favorite "momager," the businesswoman behind the Kardashian empire, shares her never-before-told story.
Download or read book The Secrets of My Life written by Caitlyn Jenner and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this remarkable memoir former Olympian and Kardashian family member Caitlyn Jenner reveals shocking and heartbreaking stories from her journey to become a transgender woman and fight for the LGBTQ+ community. "Imagine denying your core and soul. Then add to it the most impossible expectations that people have for you because you are the personification of The American Male Athlete." Bruce Jenner, the celebrated Olympic icon and later the patriarch of one of the most famous families in the world, seemed to be living a dream life of success, fame, and prosperity. But the all-American image and million-dollar smile belied a lifelong struggle with gender dysphoria, and it wasn't until the sensational Diane Sawyer interview that the public mask of Bruce Jenner was finally retired, and through the memorable Vanity Fair piece by Buzz Bissinger, that Caitlyn Jenner was introduced to the world and set free to exist on her own terms. Since then, Caitlyn has undertaken an arduous emotional and physical odyssey to achieve the completeness she always felt was missing. In THE SECRETS OF MY LIFE, Caitlyn reflects on the inner conflict she experienced growing up in an era of rigidly defined gender identities, and the cruel irony of being hailed by an entire nation as the ultimate symbol of manhood. She recounts her Olympic triumph, her rise to fame, and relates how her sense of frustration and shame grew with the passing years and the lengths to which she had to go to conceal her true self. Caitlyn in turn uncovers the toll that these personal struggles had on her three marriages and, subsequently, the relationships with her children. She also talks candidly about her life in the public eye as a member of the Kardashian clan, what led to her decision to become Caitlyn, and how she, her family, the transgender community, and the rest of the world has since embraced her new life. Filled with incredibly personal and moving stories of struggle and victory, of anxiety and fear, and, finally, of surrender and acceptance, THE SECRETS OF MY LIFE reveals the real Caitlyn Jenner by tracing her long and eventful journey to becoming herself.
Download or read book Dollhouse written by Kourtney Kardashian and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dollhouse is a first fiction collaboration by the fabulous Kardashian sisters— Kourtney, Kim, and Khloé. Fans will love this novel which reveals the inner workings of a glamorous, high profile, and complicated family which, at the center of their universe, is one with a huge heart and a lot of love. The novel offers a dramatic peek into the lives of a trio of sibling celebrities who are not always as they appear in the Hollywood gossip magazines.
Download or read book Kardashian Dynasty written by Ian Halperin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the rise of the Kardashian and Jenner families to reality show and tabloid fame. Discusses the negative publicity that has overshadowed their recent years while scrutinizing charges of exploitation that have targeted Kris Jenner, Rob Kardashian, and Caitlyn Jenner.
Download or read book Rebels City of Indra written by Kendall Jenner and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kendall and Kylie Jenner, stars on the hit reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians, present their debut novel—a thrilling dystopian story about two super-powered girls who embark on a journey together. In a world of the far future, the great City of Indra has two faces: a beautiful paradise floating high in the sky, and a nightmare world of poverty carved beneath the surface of the Earth. Lex grew up in an orphanage deep in the dark. But even as a child, she instinctively rebelled against her fate—the time when she would be judged either useful to Society or forced to live among the mutations in Rock Bottom, the lowest level. When she is chosen to become an elite cadet of the Population Control Forces, only her fellow cadet Kane truly understands her longing for freedom. Unknown to her, one girl secretly shares her defiance. Livia Cosmo, the Orphan Airess, may live on a sky island surrounded by wealth and privilege, but she is just as restricted as Lex. Rigid discipline governs her every movement, as she learns the art of becoming a Proper Young Woman, the belle of the Emergence Ball, ready to be picked for “cohabitation” by the finest of the Proper Young Men. Her future is assured, until an intriguing encounter with a young man named Kane changes everything. For that is when Lex’s and Livia’s destinies collide…. Approached by an old enemy to help save Kane from mortal danger, Lex sacrifices her Special Ops career to find him in the Islands among the clouds. Her search, high above in the beautiful spires of the City of Indra, brings her instead to the airgirl Livia. Lex and Livia should have nothing in common, and yet they share a kindred yearning for escape from the strict rules that bind them...and a mystifying identical mark. Brought together by danger, they set out to find Kane, but what they discover is even stranger than either dreams.
Download or read book In the Kitchen with Kris written by Kris Jenner and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From America?s favorite momager comes a new cookbook and entertainment guide filled with Kris Jenner?s very own insightful tips and favorite recipes. Kris Jenner has done everything under the sun from starring as the matriarch in Keeping Up With the Kardashians to writing a New York Times bestselling memoir entitled Kris Jenner ... And All Things Kardashian. She now hosts her own television show, Kris, where she chats with friends and family about beauty, fashion, and lifestyle. This book is another way to bring fans into Kris?s home with recipes and entertaining tips that can be used by anyone and everyone. Join Kris as she rolls up her sleeves to dish out tips on how to do it all and have it all in her new cookbook/entertainment guide.
Download or read book Kardashian Dynasty written by Ian Halperin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigator and #1 New York Times bestselling author Ian Halperin pulls back the curtain on America’s notorious Kardashian family’s seemingly meteoric rise to fame, and the dark secrets they’ve struggled to hide in Kardashian Dynasty, now in paperback. The Kardashians and Jenners have taken the world by storm, collectively rising to superfame after making their reality show debut on E! with Keeping Up with the Kardashians in 2007. Since then, their family life has remained a constant circus of tabloid headlines, red carpet appearances, branding deals, reality shows and their spinoffs, and a slew of media coverage. And yet, amidst their mega success, the Kardashians have faced a firestorm of negative publicity over the years: particularly over Kris Jenner’s role in the family. As matriarch and momager of the Kardashian clan, Kris has been accused of exploiting her children for fame and money and playing the media like a deck of cards. Based on extensive research, Ian Halperin delivers the salacious details behind the Kardashians’ rise to fame. With revelations exposing the family’s foundation as unstable at best and scandalous at worst, Halperin scrutinizes their self-made multi-million dollar brand and provides an unparalleled glimpse into the events and scandals that have propelled the Kardashians to worldwide celebrity, for better or worse.
- Author : Lotti Davidson
- Publisher : Independently Published
- Release : 2019-02-25
- ISBN : 9781797999982
- Pages : 414 pages
Keeping Up with the Kardashians Kim Kardashain Kris Jenner Kylie Jenner the Kardashians 4 Books in 1
Download or read book Keeping Up with the Kardashians Kim Kardashain Kris Jenner Kylie Jenner the Kardashians 4 Books in 1 written by Lotti Davidson and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-02-25 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS: Kim Kardashain, Kris Jenner, Kylie Jenner, The Kardashians - 4 books in 1Featuring... *Kim Kardashian*Kris Jenner*Kylie Jenner*The Kardashians 4 Great Books in 1! Kim Kardashian Love them or hate them, there is no discussion of the phenomena of modern celebrity without its apex creatures, the Kardashian family. The Kardashians are exceptional in every sense of the word. A non-traditional, racially-diverse, blended family from immigrant stock, they are also spearheaded and moved by empowered women with limited education. How this brood turned the proverbial 15 minutes of fame into 15 fabulous years of that plus staggering fortune is practically a fairy tale. This is lightning in a bottle, especially for reality TV stars whose initial, ambiguous claims to fame were links to a 1970s sports icon, a 1990s murder trial and a 2007 starlet sex tape. The once unconventional family name has since become an unforgettable global brand, monetized by its members into various forms into a collective valuation of well over one billion dollars. And the journey all began with Kim. Kim Kardashian, Superstar? "Superstar" does not even begin to cut it. What she eventually became was a constellation of superstar. This is her story... Kris Jenner This is Kris Houghton Kardashian Jenner, or whatever incarnation she chooses to go by these days. With everything she has achieved, she could be anything. But before she got here she was Kris Houghton, beautiful teen from a broken family, on the lookout for a better life and seeing it linked to securing a good husband. She was Mrs. Robert Kardashian, high school graduate suddenly swept off her feet and into the halls of the powerful, popular and wealthy - and expected to play the part of Beverly Hills homemaker to the hilt. She was Mrs. Bruce Jenner, finally able to spread her wings and explore her heretofore undiscovered talents of managing a brand and a business. She was the former Mrs. Caitlyn Jenner too, from when her husband transitioned to a woman and she consequently had to weather the storms as gracefully as possible, before the cruel glare of the spotlight and the public eye. She now holds pride in her main role of mom and manager - "momager" - to her Kardashian and Jenner children, through five of whom, she is also a loving and indulgent grandmother. This is Kris Houghton Kardashian Jenner - SELF-MADE - and all the she had made of herself, by herself. This is her story. Kylie JennerThe Kardashian family has ignited many a national debate on a variety of topics over their more than ten years in the spotlight, and on complex issues at that. Their prominence has repeatedly raised interesting questions on what it means to be a family, on modern-day celebrity, racial politics, female sexuality and gender norms. And now, with Kylie Jenner's news-making Forbes cover, the family has stirred the pot again... The Kardashians "The American Dream" are words often uttered with the reverence it deserves. It is a collective ethos, a defining piece of national character that champions the idea that the individuals of a country, regardless of their background, would be able to maximize their personal potentials in pursuit of their happiness and success. It is a vision of meritocracy, where hard work, risk-taking and gumption is rewarded; where everyone has ample opportunity to show and be justly compensated for their abilities, determination and daring. It is an appropriately new vision, for the New World. It is a bold, revolutionary vision. But by its very name, "The American Dream" is just that - a dream. It is an acknowledgement that reality does not always match the ideal. It requires work and protection to continue being upheld. But for one family, the dream has become a reality.
Download or read book Where are The Kardashians written by IglooBooks and published by Igloo Books. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keep up with Kylie, Kim, Khloe, Kourtney, and Kendall as well as a gaggle of family and friends, as they selfie, tweet, and insta their way through shopping sprees, photo shoots, and parties. Try to spot the whole Kardashian-Jenner matriarchy, as well as Kanye West, Ryan Seacrest, and others across 10 comically-illustrated scenes. Figure-hugging outfits and designer accessories at the ready--it's time for your close up!
Download or read book Kardashian Konfidential Revised and Updated written by Kim Kardashian and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2011-11-22 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New! Exclusive! Inside Kim's wedding with never-seen pix Plus! An amazing new chapter on the secrets of our success! You know a lot about us from watching our TV shows, but you don't know everything... yet! Come on in to our very first book and find out the real scoop about what it's like to be the Kardashian sisters. We love the red carpet, clothes, clubs and big events—and of course, glamming it up! But what we love most is being sisters: We're Kardashians first and forever, and we couldn't wait to write everything down and show you lots of cool stuff in this big scrapbook just for you. We're going to let you in on lots of secrets, like: --What it's really like to have a Momager --The beauty tip that we think is an absolute MUST! --The Peaks and Pits of our lives...so far --What we think about men, and the absolute most important man in our lives --Our private language: Bible! --How to do what you love—the way we do! --What you don't know about Kim's wedding Each of us pulled out our personal treasures for Kardashian Konfidential: funny and cute and even yummy stuff from our scrapbooks, our photo albums, letters, recipe cards and birthday boxes. Plus big beautiful photos taken just for this book. We wanted to make Kardashian Konfidential real and special. We think you'll have as much fun reading it as we did putting it together. Totes magotes!
Download or read book Keeping Up With The Pomeranians written by Susan Chapman and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sugar and Cookie live in Miami Beach, Florida, also known as the Magic City. These girls are true Miamians living their life to the fullest (la vida loca). They shop, they dine out and workout. They also enjoy their beach time and days spent at the spa preparing for nights out on the town. This is Miami Beach after all. See if you can keep up with the Pomeranians.
Download or read book Dirty Sexy Money written by Cathy Griffin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A True Story of Ambition, Wealth, Betrayal and how a Ruthless Beverly Hills Socialite Became the Ultimate Momager and Raked In Billions Dirty Sexy Money: The Unauthorized Biography of Kris Jenner is the definitive account of how a Beverly Hills socialite with little formal education built herself a global empire. This tell-all tome unravels the family’s meteoric rise to fame and the dark secrets they’ve struggled to hide . . . until now. Together, Howard and Griffin delve behind the headlines and social media hype to tell the true story of Kris’s life—rather than the rosy picture she likes to paint. Dirty Sexy Money is an unflinching look at Kris’s triumphs and losses, her crises and celebrations, her famous friendships and family conflicts. It examines in unprecedented detail Kris’s troubled two decades with Bruce Jenner and the end of their marriage as Bruce transitioned to Caitlyn; it exposes the truth about her current affair with a much younger man . . . and it reveals what she really thinks of her daughter’s very public marriage to Kanye West. Inside are a wealth of previously untold stories, including intimate details of how Kim’s sex tape jump-started her career, of the real reasons Kris sold her long-running television reality series—as well as shocking, never-before-heard revelations about her friendships with O.J. Simpson and murdered wife Nicole. The result is a dramatic narrative account of Kris’s real story as you’ve never heard it before . . . in all its dirty, sexy glory.
Download or read book The Kardashians written by Jerry Oppenheimer and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of Crazy Rich comes a blockbuster unauthorized biography of one of the most famous and ubiquitous family dynasties in contemporary culture: The Kardashians. Secrets and scandals of the Kardashians, so closely held that not even hard core fans have heard about them, are finally exposed in New York Times bestselling author Jerry Oppenheimer's forensic dissection of the infamous reality TV clan. From the curious life of patriarch Robert Kardashian, whose family meatpacking business was tainted by scandal, to “momager” Kris Jenner’s top-secret plan for the future, The Kardashians reveals the untold, definitive story based on two years of investigative reporting and scores of candid, on-the-record interviews, ranging from childhood friends to powerful business associates, who break their silence for the first time. In the decade since the Kardashians first appeared on the scene, millions of speculative words have been written about their drama-filled lives. But most has been tabloid hype and gossip column fantasy. Until now. Oppenheimer has written revelatory books on such international icons as the Clintons, the Kennedys, the Hiltons and more, and now comes The Kardashians, the true story that will make headlines and shock even the most loyal fans.