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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Douglas, Susan J. (Susan Jeanne), 1950- author.     Subjects     Celebrities.     Fame.     Social influence.     Social status.     Mass media -- Social aspects.     Popular culture.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Douglas, Susan J. (Susan Jeanne), 1950- author.       by title:      Celebrity : a histor...         MARC Display

Celebrity : a history of fame / Susan J. Douglas and Andrea McDonnell. by Douglas, Susan J. (Susan Jeanne), 1950- author. New York : New York University Press, [2019] Subjects Celebrities.   Fame.   Social influence.   Social status.   Mass media -- Social aspects.   Popular culture. ISBN:  9781479862030 (paperback) 1479862037 (paperback) 9781479852437 (hardcover) 1479852430 (hardcover) Series:  Critical cultural communication. Description:  ix, 315 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Contents:  Introduction -- Theories of celebrity -- The rise of mass culture and the production of celebrities -- Silver screens and their stars -- Radio: the stars in our homes -- TV and the need for familiarity -- Musical celebrity -- Everyone's a star -- Conclusion. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Today, celebrity culture is an inescapable part of our media landscape and our everyday lives. This was not always the case. Over the past century, media technologies have increasingly expanded the production and proliferation of fame. Celebrity explores this revolution and its often underestimated impact on American culture. Using numerous precedent-setting examples spanning more than one hundred years of media history, Susan J. Douglas and Andrea McDonnell trace the dynamic relationship between celebrity and the technologies of mass communication that have shaped the nature of fame in the United States." -- back cover.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 302.13 Do Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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