The star as icon : celebrity in the age of mass consumption / Daniel Herwitz.

Author/creator Herwitz, Daniel Alan, 1955-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Columbia University Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxi, 157 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects

Contents The candle in the wind -- There is only one star icon (except in a Warhol picture) -- Therefore not all idols are American -- A star is born -- The film aura : an intermediate case -- Stargazing and spying -- Teleaesthetics -- Diana haunted and hunted on TV -- Star aura in consumer society (and other fatalities).
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [145]-149) and index.
LCCN 2008012171
ISBN9780231145404 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0231145403 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780231518581 (ebook)
ISBN0231518587 (ebook)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks BJ1470.5 .H47 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold