Idolized : music, media, and identity in American idol / Katherine Meizel.

Author: Meizel, Katherine.

Imprint:Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2010.

Descriptionxii, 301 p. ; 24 cm.

Note:Facing reality : American idol as reality television -- Facing the music -- Win or lose : success and failure and the American dream -- Idol worship : civil and sacral religion in American idol -- Going places -- Politics as usual -- The United Nations of pop : global franchise and geopolitics.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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