The star as icon : celebrity in the age of mass consumption /
Princess Diana, Jackie O, Grace Kelly & mdash;the star icon is the most talked about yet least understood persona. The object of adoration, fantasy, and cult obsession, the star icon is a celebrity, yet she is also something more: a dazzling figure at the center of a media pantomime that is at o...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
©2008.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Princess Diana, Jackie O, Grace Kelly & mdash;the star icon is the most talked about yet least understood persona. The object of adoration, fantasy, and cult obsession, the star icon is a celebrity, yet she is also something more: a dazzling figure at the center of a media pantomime that is at once voyeuristic and zealously guarded. With skill and humor, Daniel Herwitz pokes at the gears of the celebrity-making machine, recruiting a philosopher's interest in the media, an eye for society, and a love of popular culture to divine our yearning for these iconic figures and the role they pla. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 157 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-149) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780231518581 0231518587 |