Self-exposure human-interest journalism and the emergence of celebrity in America, 1890-1940 /

Main Author: Ponce de Leon, Charles L.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2002.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10047149
Table of Contents:
  • Becoming visible: fame and celebrity in the modern age
  • The rise of celebrity journalism
  • Exposure or publicity?: the paradox of celebrity journalism
  • True success: the master plot of celebrity journalism
  • From parasites to public servants: the rehabilitation of the rich
  • Practical idealism: political celebrity in an age of reform
  • There's no business like show business: celebrity and the popular culture industries
  • Heroes and pretenders: athletic celebrity and the commercialization of sports.