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Celebrity Culture and the American Dream Stardom and Social Mobility

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ISBN-10: 1138023957

ISBN-13: 9781138023956

Edition: 2nd 2015 (Revised)

Authors: Karen Sternheimer

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Celebrity Culture and the American Dream, Second Edition considers how major economic and historical factors shaped the nature of celebrity culture as we know it today, retaining the first edition's examples from the first celebrity fan magazines of 1911 to the present and expanding to include updated examples and additional discussion on the role of the internet and social media in today's celebrity culture. Equally important, the book explains how and why the story of Hollywood celebrities matters, sociologically speaking, to an understanding of American society, to the changing nature of the American Dream, and to the relation between class and culture. This book is an ideal addition to…    
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Book details

List price: $48.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 12/12/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 274
Size: 6.20" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English