Starstruck : the business of celebrity / Elizabeth Currid-Halkett.

Author/creator Currid-Halkett, Elizabeth, 1978-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Faber and Faber, 2010.
Description310 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects

Contents Celebrity today -- The celebrity residual : the inexplicable brew of talent, fame, and celebrity -- The relative celebrity (or, the biggest star you never heard of) -- Inside the star machine : celebrity as industry -- How to become a star : the celebrity network -- Whatever you do, don't go to Vegas : the geography of stardom -- The economics of the celebrity residual -- The democratic celebrity -- The future of celebrity.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 277-288) and index.
LCCN 2010014393
ISBN9780865479098 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0865479097 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks BJ1470.5 .C87 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold