TY - BOOK AU - Herwitz,Daniel Alan TI - The star as icon: celebrity in the age of mass consumption SN - 9780231145404 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - BJ1470.5 .H47 2008 U1 - 306.4 22 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Columbia University Press KW - Fame KW - Celebrities KW - Celebrities in mass media KW - Aesthetics KW - Popular culture N1 - 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) ER -