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forms and functions of female celebrity

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Table of Contents

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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
305.42
Library of Congress
BJ1470.5 .I5 2011, BJ1470.5.I5 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24411948M
Internet Archive
inlimelightunder0000unse
ISBN 10
1441154957, 0826438555
ISBN 13
9781441154958, 9780826438553
LCCN
2010033019
OCLC/WorldCat
656849467

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