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Celebrity culture in the United States / edited by Terence J. Fitzgerald ; editorial advisor Paul McCaffrey.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Reference shelf ; v. 80, no. 1.
- The reference shelf ; v. 80, no. 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fame--Social aspects.
- United States--Civilization--1970-.
- United States.
- Civilization.
- Popular culture--United States.
- Popular culture.
- Celebrities--United States.
- Celebrities.
- Fame--Social aspects--United States.
- Fame.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 183 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : H. W. Wilson Co., 2008.
- Contents:
- The cult of celebrity. From Barnum to "bling": the changing face of celebrity culture / Amy Henderson ; Celebrity culture / Joseph Epstein ; Before Lindsay or Paris, there was Mrs. L_fle / Jessica Grose ; Our celebrity madness: a reflection of consumerism / Tirdad Derakhshani ; Seeing by starlight / Carlin Flora ; Not exactly the stuff of legends / John Intini
- Celebrity activism and American politics. American politics in the age of celebrity / Darrell M. West ; Jesse Ventura and the brave new world of politainer politics / Ann Conley and David Schultz ; Victory for Arnold / Roger Simon ; Can Oprah boost her 'favorite guy'? / Eugene Robinson ; Stage left / Ed Leibowitz ; Celebrity and politics / Andrew Kamons ; Foreign policy goes glami / Daniel W. Drezner
- The price of fame. Falling stars / Simon Dumenco ; Why did we watch?: the answer isn't pretty / Caryn James ; The other side of fame / Mary Loftus ; Falling stars: will Lohan be the next celebrity flame-out? / Katherine Monk ; Right time, wrong publicity / Caryn James ; Being bad: the career move / Guy Trebay ; What price, fame? / Greg Sivik ; Screen idols: the tragedy of falling stars / Reni Celeste
- The democratization of celebrity. Open-source celebrity: the wisdom of the audience / Jonathon Keats ; Mirror, mirror on the web / Lakshmi Chaudhry ; She's famous (and so can you) / Guy Trebay.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-179) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780824210786
- 0824210786
- OCLC:
- 184906108
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