MP3s, rebundled debt, and performative economics – Deferral, derivatives, and digital commodity fetishism in Lady Gaga’s spectacle of excess

Lady Gaga’s rise to fame in the wake of the global financial crisis highlights the contradictions of late late capitalism in both the financial sector and the music industry. Both Gaga and second level economic units like derivatives rely on deferral, parody, and an ever-widening gap between the mat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anne Kustritz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam University Press 2012-01-01
Series:NECSUS : European journal of media studies
Online Access:https://www.necsus-ejms.org/test/mp3s-rebundled-debt-and-performative-economics-deferral-derivatives-and-digital-commodity-fetishism-in-lady-gagas-spectacle-of-excess/