The star as icon : celebrity in the age of mass consumption /
Herwitz, Daniel Alan, 1955-
The star as icon : celebrity in the age of mass consumption / Daniel Herwitz. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2008. - xi, 157 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-149) and index.
The candle in the wind -- There is only one star icon (except in a Warhol picture) -- Therefore not all idols are American -- A star is born -- The film aura : an intermediate case -- Stargazing and spying -- Teleaesthetics -- Diana haunted and hunted on TV -- Star aura in consumer society (and other fatalities).
9780231145404 (cloth : alk. paper) 0231145403 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780231518581 (ebook) 0231518587 (ebook)
2008012171
GBA893268 bnb
014679751 Uk
Fame.
Celebrities.
Celebrities in mass media.
Aesthetics.
Popular culture.
BJ1470.5 / .H47 2008
306.4
The star as icon : celebrity in the age of mass consumption / Daniel Herwitz. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2008. - xi, 157 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-149) and index.
The candle in the wind -- There is only one star icon (except in a Warhol picture) -- Therefore not all idols are American -- A star is born -- The film aura : an intermediate case -- Stargazing and spying -- Teleaesthetics -- Diana haunted and hunted on TV -- Star aura in consumer society (and other fatalities).
9780231145404 (cloth : alk. paper) 0231145403 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780231518581 (ebook) 0231518587 (ebook)
2008012171
GBA893268 bnb
014679751 Uk
Fame.
Celebrities.
Celebrities in mass media.
Aesthetics.
Popular culture.
BJ1470.5 / .H47 2008
306.4