Herwitz, Daniel Alan,  1955- <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-149) and index. 
<br/><br/>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). 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780231145404 (cloth : alk. paper) 0231145403 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780231518581 (ebook) 0231518587 (ebook) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008012171 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA893268  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>014679751  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Fame.<br/>Celebrities.<br/>Celebrities in mass media.<br/>Aesthetics.<br/>Popular culture.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BJ1470.5  / .H47 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.4