Celebrities in life, icons in death
tragedy and fame in America's tabloid culture
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Author
Publication
2010 - Praeger, Santa Barbara, Calif, California
Language
English
Word Count
57,500 words, Guess
Page Count
230 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivedeadcelebritiesl0000eber
- ISBN-139780313377648
- ISBN-139780313377655
- ISBN-100313377642
- ISBN-100313377650
and 5 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2010003460
- OCLC Control Number511615407
- Better World Books9780313377648
- Better World Books9780313377655
- Open LibraryOL24054577M
Classifications
- DDC973.9
- LCCE169.12 .E24 2010
- LCCE169.12.E24 2010
Description
The book covers the epoch of the celebrity beginning in the 1930s with Howard Hughes and Walt Disney and continues to the present day with the life and death of Michael Jackson. Dead Celebrities, Living Icons documents the philosophical importance and significance of the contemporary cult of the celebrity and analyzes the tragic consequences of a human life lived in the glare of the media spotlight. --from publisher description.
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