The star as icon : celebrity in the age of mass consumption /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Herwitz, Daniel Alan, 1955- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2008.
Temas:
Fame.
Celebrities.
Celebrities in mass media.
Aesthetics.
Popular culture.
Famous Persons
Popular Culture
Renommée.
Célébrités.
Célébrités dans les médias.
Culture populaire.
popular culture.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. The Candle in the Wind; 2. There Is Only One Star Icon (Except in a Warhol Picture); 3. Therefore Not All Idols Are American; 4. A Star Is Born; 5. The Film Aura: An Intermediate Case; 6. Stargazing and Spying; 7. Teleaesthetics; 8. Diana Haunted and Hunted on TV; 9. Star Aura in Consumer Society (and Other Fatalities); Notes; Index.

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