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Limelight : Canadian Women and the Rise of Celebrity Autobiography /

At the heart of fame is the tricky business of image management. Over the last 115 years, the celebrity autobiography has emerged as a popular and useful tool for that project. In Limelight, Katja Lee examines the memoirs of famous Canadian women like L. M. Montgomery, Nellie McClung, the Dionne Qui...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lee, Katja, 1977- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2020
Colección:Life writing series.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction from Clara Morris to Clara Hughes : the tricky business of being a famous woman
  • part one. Contexts. The changing faces of fame in Canada
  • part two. Voices. Strictly professional : an age of image control, 1890-1930
  • The rise of the private life : when offstage moved onstage, 1930-1980
  • More visible and valuable than ever before : celebrity lives in the limelight, 1990s+
  • Coda is there a future for celebrity autobiography in a digital age?