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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Herwitz, Daniel Alan, 1955- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2008.
Sujets:
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.
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Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (xi, 157 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-149) and index.
ISBN:9780231518581
0231518587

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