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Elizabeth Taylor : a private life for public consumption / Ellis Cashmore.
Van Pelt Library PN2287.T18 C35 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cashmore, Ellis, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Taylor, Elizabeth, 1932-2011.
- Taylor, Elizabeth.
- Actors--United States--Biography.
- Actors.
- United States.
- Fame--Social aspects.
- Fame.
- Celebrities.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 416 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.
- Summary:
- "Uses the English-born Hollywood star as a lens through which to examine the social changes that have yielded what we now call celebrity culture"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Life and times
- 1 The most public of private lives
- 2 Animal delight
- 3 Like a million dollars
- 4 With human failings
- 5. Inseparable from the gossip
- 6 Dismantling the fantasy
- 7 Believing and wanting to believe
- 8 Beyond condemnation
- 9 The devil's work
- 10 Every fiber of my soul
- 11 Facing oblivion
- 12 Voyeurs and performers
- 13 Rules of engagement
- 14 No life without
- 15 Everything is for sale
- 16 Other people's lives
- 17 On dangerous ground
- 18 Only the custodian
- 19 Nobody can hurt her.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781628920703
- 162892070X
- 9781628920697
- 1628920696
- OCLC:
- 903510625
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