In the limelight and under the microscope : forms and functions of female celebrity /: forms and functions of female celebrity. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Su Holmes and Diane Negra.
• Other Names: Holmes, Su; Negra, Diane, 1966-
• Contents: Introduction : in the limelight and under the microscope : forms and functions of female celebrity? / Su Holmes and Diane Negra -- Mrs. Langtry seems to be on the way to a fortune : the Jersey lily and models of nineteenth-century fame / Catherine Hindson -- Helen Keller, Hollywood and political celebrity / Abigail Salerno -- Bloody blondes and bobbed-haired bandits : executing justice and constructing celebrity criminals in the 1920s popular press / April Miller -- "Rocket scientist" : the posthumous celebrity of Hedy Lamarr / Ruth Barton -- Grotesquerie as marker of success in aging female stars / Anne Morey -- Mia Farrow in the 1960s : categorically intangible? / Leslie Abramson -- The "right" kind of fame : celebrity culture and the structuring of young women's fantasies of success / Kim Allen -- Don't let Sofia's littleness and quietness confuse you : Sofia Coppola as persona, brand and text / Caitlin Lewis -- The insanity plea : female celebrities, reality media and the pyschopathology of British pop-feminism / Emma Bell -- The horror of something to see : celebrity "Vaginas" as prostheses / Margaret Schwartz -- Strengthening as they undermine : Rachel Maddow and Suze Orman's homonormative lesbian identities / Joselyn Leimbach -- Living the hills life : Lauren Conrad as reality Star, soap opera heroine, and brand / Alice Leppert and Julie Wilson -- Discourses of censorship, immigration and terrorism : exploring the politics of crossing over through the transnational stardom of M.I.A. / Candice Haddad -- We love this trainwreck! : sacrificing Britney to save America / Anna Fisher.
• Publisher Details: New York : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2011
• Copyright Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (352 pages)
• Subjects: 305.42; Gender studies, gender groups; Fame -- Social aspects; Celebrities in mass media; Women in mass media; Celebrities -- Political activity; Women in popular culture; Social Science -- Media Studies; Social Science -- Gender Studies; Media studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441189172; 1441189173
• Related ISBNs: 9780826438553
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