| American Idolatry: Celebrity, Commodity and Reality Television Contributor(s): Bell, Christopher E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786448245 ISBN-13: 9780786448241 Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc. OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Television - Genres - Reality, Game Shows & Talk Shows - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: 791.456 |
| LCCN: 2009049615 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (0.70 lbs) 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The popular definition characterizes celebrity as a product of manufacture rather than merit. If fame is taken to represent the recognition of achievement, then modern celebrity, in contrast, must be based on something other than achievement, for celebrity and fame are not the same thing. This book explores the process by which celebrity is created, using the first seven seasons of Fox Television's American Idol as a framework for analysis of how celebrity is defined, generated, nurtured, and intensified. |