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245 00 a| Celebrity culture in the United States /c| edited by Terence J. Fitzgerald ; editorial advisor Paul McCaffrey.;

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300 a| viii, 183 pages ;c| 25 cm.;

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Celebrity culture in the United States / edited by Terence J. Fitzgerald ; editorial advisor Paul McCaffrey.

Other author	Fitzgerald, Terence J.
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : H.W. Wilson Co., ©2008.
Description	viii, 183 pages ; 25 cm.
Subjects	Popular culture--United States. Celebrities--United States. Fame--Social aspects. --United States. United States--Civilization. --1970-.

Series	The reference shelf ; v. 80, no. 1 Reference shelf ; v. 80, no. 1. ^A22339
Contents	The cult of celebrity. From Barnum to "bling" : the changing face of celebrity culture / Amy Henderson ; Celebrity culture / Joseph Epstein ; Before Lindsay or Paris, there was Mrs. L_fle / Jessica Grose ; Our celebrity madness : a reflection of consumerism / Tirdad Derakhshani ; Seeing by starlight / Carlin Flora ; Not exactly the stuff of legends / John Intini -- Celebrity activism and American politics. American politics in the age of celebrity / Darrell M. West ; Jesse Ventura and the brave new world of politainer politics / Ann Conley and David Schultz ; Victory for Arnold / Roger Simon ; Can Oprah boost her 'favorite guy'? / Eugene Robinson ; Stage left / Ed Leibowitz ; Celebrity and politics / Andrew Kamons ; Foreign policy goes glami / Daniel W. Drezner -- The price of fame. Falling stars / Simon Dumenco ; Why did we watch? : the answer isn't pretty / Caryn James ; The other side of fame / Mary Loftus ; Falling stars : will Lohan be the next celebrity flame-out? / Katherine Monk ; Right time, wrong publicity / Caryn James ; Being bad : the career move / Guy Trebay ; What price, fame? / Greg Sivik ; Screen idols : the tragedy of falling stars / Reni Celeste -- The democratization of celebrity. Open-source celebrity : the wisdom of the audience / Jonathon Keats ; Mirror, mirror on the web / Lakshmi Chaudhry ; She's famous (and so can you) / Guy Trebay.
Local note	Little-345801--305131046651Z
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-179) and index.
LCCN	2007049591
ISBN	9780824210786 (alk. paper)
ISBN	0824210786 (alk. paper)

Celebrity culture in the United States / edited by Terence J. Fitzgerald ; editorial advisor Paul McCaffrey.

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