The star as icon: celebrity in the age of mass consumption 9780231518581, 9780231145404

The Star as Icon: Celebrity in the Age of Mass Consumption 9780231518581

Princess Diana, Jackie O, Grace Kelly—the star icon is the most talked about yet least understood persona. The object of

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Star as Icon: Celebrity in the Age of Mass Consumption 9780231145404

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Putin as Celebrity and Cultural Icon 1138815748, 9781138815742

Though in recent months Putin's popularity has frayed at the edges, the dearth of comparably powerful and experienc

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Star Authors in the Age of Romanticism : Literary Celebrity in the Netherlands [1 ed.] 9789400603226, 9789087283087

Although we have always been fascinated with famous people, the invention of modern celebrity culture dates to the ninet

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The Star and Celebrity Confessional 9781138879638

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Muslim Societies in the Age of Mass Consumption: Politics, Culture and Identity between the Local and the Global 1443814059

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The Ultimate Stallone Reader: Sylvester Stallone as Star, Icon, Auteur 0231169809, 9780231169806

Sylvester Stallone has been a defining part of American film for nearly four decades. He has made an impact on world ent

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Consumption in an Age of Information 9781474214667

We live in an age when consumption and consuming have come to define us. Consumption, now a global phenomenon, is so dom

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Philosophy in the Mass Age 9781442678453

William Christian has restored the text of the original 1959 edition. He has supplemented it with material from the broa

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The Last Laugh : Folk Humor, Celebrity Culture, and Mass-Mediated Disasters in the Digital Age [1 ed.] 9780299292034, 9780299292041

Widely publicized in mass media worldwide, high-profile tragedies and celebrity scandals--the untimely deaths of Michael

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