The star as icon : celebrity in the age of mass consumption / Daniel Herwitz.

Author: Herwitz, Daniel Alan, 1955-

Imprint:New York : Columbia University Press, c2008.

Descriptionxi, 157 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Note:The candle in the wind -- There is only one star icon (except in a Warhol picture) -- Therefore not all idols are American -- A star is born -- The film aura : an intermediate case -- Stargazing and spying -- Teleaesthetics -- Diana haunted and hunted on TV -- Star aura in consumer society (and other fatalities).

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-149) and index.

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