Celebrity culture in the United States / edited by Terence J. Fitzgerald ; editorial advisor Paul McCaffrey
- Bib ID:
- 4462815
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- Book
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- Description:
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- New York : H.W. Wilson Co., 2008
- viii, 183 p. ; 26 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9780824210786
- Series:
- Reference shelf ; v. 80, no. 1.
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: I. The Cult of Celebrity
- Editor's Introduction
- 1) From Barnum to "Bling Bling": The Changing Face of Celebrity Culture. Amy
- Henderson. The Hedgehog Review, Spring 2005
- 2) Our Celebrities, Ourselves. Neal Gabler, The Chronicle of Higher Education, March
- 14, 2003
- 3) Celebrity Conquers America. Richard Brookhiser. American Heritage, July/August
- 1998
- 4) The Love That Speaks Its Name in Hello! Terry Eagleton. The Times Higher
- Education Supplement, December 9, 2005
- 5) The Culture of Celebrity. Joseph Epstein. Weekly Standard, October 17, 2005
- 6) A Reflection of Consumerism. Tirdad Derakhshani, Philadelphia Inquirer,
- August 17, 2007
- 7) Seeing by Starlight. Carlin Flora. Psychology Today, August 2004
- 8) Not Exactly the Stuff of Legends. John Intini. Maclean's, February 7, 2005
- II. Celebrity Activism & American Politics
- Editor's Introduction
- 1) American Politics in the Age of Celebrity. Darrell M. West. The Hedgehog Review,
- Spring 2005 Y
- 2) Celebrity and Politics. Andrew Kamons. SAIS Review, Winter-Spring 2007
- 3) Victory for Arnold. Roger Simon. U. S. News & World Report, October 20, 2003
- 4) Can Oprah Boost Her 'Favorite Guy'? Eugene Robinson. The Washington Post,
- November 27, 2007
- 5) Stage Left. Ed Leibowitz. Los Angeles Magazine, March 2006
- 6) Foreign Policy Goes Glami. Daniel W. Drezner, The National Interest,
- November/December 2007
- 7) Young Hollywood; Cause Celebrities, Monica Corcoran. Los Angeles Times,
- November 25, 2007
- III. The Price of Fame
- Editor's Introduction
- 1) Falling Stars. Simon Dumenco. New York. December 8, 2003
- 2) The Other Side of Fame. Mary Loftus. Psychology Today. May/June 1995
- 3) Falling Stars: Will Lohan Be the Next Celebrity Flame-Out? Katherine Monk. The
- Ottawa Citizen.
- 4) "Triumph of the Bad Girls," by Damien Cave, The New York Times, January 16,
- 2005
- 5) "Being Bad: The Career Move," by Guy Trebay, The New York Times, April 20,
- 2006
- 6) What Price, Fame? Greg Sevik. Popular Music and Society, Fall/Winter 2001
- IV. The Democratization of Celebrity
- Editor's Introduction
- 1) Open-Source Celebrity: The Wisdom of the Audience. Jonathon Keats. Wired, May
- 22, 2007
- 2) Mirror, Mirror on the Web. Lakshmi Chaudhry. The Nation, January 29, 2007
- 3) Web Stars. Noelle Hancock. Rolling Stone, June 29, 2006
- 4) How to Get Famous in 30 Seconds. Lev Grossman. Time, April 24, 2006.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-179) and index.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Fitzgerald, Terence J
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