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.

Subjects

Topics

FameDeathTragedyHistoryNewspapersCelebritiesCivilization

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Other Editions

  • Celebrities in life, icons in death: tragedy and fame in America's tabloid culturePraeger2010-01-01

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