In the limelight and under the microscope forms and functions of female celebrity
Introduction : in the limelight and under the microscope : forms and functions of female celebrity? / Su Holmes and Diane Negra -- Mrs. Langtry seems to be on the way to a fortune : the Jersey lily and models of nineteenth-century fame / Catherine Hindson -- Helen Keller, Hollywood and political cel...
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New York u.a.
Continuum
2011
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction : in the limelight and under the microscope : forms and functions of female celebrity? / Su Holmes and Diane Negra -- Mrs. Langtry seems to be on the way to a fortune : the Jersey lily and models of nineteenth-century fame / Catherine Hindson -- Helen Keller, Hollywood and political celebrity / Abigail Salerno -- Bloody blondes and bobbed-haired bandits : executing justice and constructing celebrity criminals in the 1920s popular press / April Miller -- "Rocket scientist" : the posthumous celebrity of Hedy Lamarr / Ruth Barton -- Grotesquerie as marker of success in aging female stars / Anne Morey -- Mia Farrow in the 1960s : categorically intangible? / Leslie Abramson -- The "right" kind of fame : celebrity culture and the structuring of young women's fantasies of success / Kim Allen -- Don't let Sofia's littleness and quietness confuse you : Sofia Coppola as persona, brand and text / Caitlin Lewis -- The insanity plea : female celebrities, reality media and the pyschopathology of British pop-feminism / Emma Bell -- The horror of something to see : celebrity "Vaginas" as prostheses / Margaret Schwartz -- Strengthening as they undermine : Rachel Maddow and Suze Orman's homonormative lesbian identities / Joselyn Leimbach -- Living the hills life : Lauren Conrad as reality Star, soap opera heroine, and brand / Alice Leppert and Julie Wilson -- Discourses of censorship, immigration and terrorism : exploring the politics of crossing over through the transnational stardom of M.I.A. / Candice Haddad -- We love this trainwreck! : sacrificing Britney to save America / Anna Fisher |
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| Beschreibung: | Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XI, 339 S. Ill. 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781441154958 978-1-4411-5495-8 1441154957 1-4411-5495-7 9780826438553 978-0-8264-3855-3 0826438555 0-8264-3855-5 |