American Idolatry: Celebrity, Commodity and Reality Television
Author:   Christopher E. Bell
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
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9780786448241


Pages:   232
Publication Date:   01 February 2010
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Christopher E. Bell
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.308kg
ISBN:  

9780786448241


ISBN 10:   0786448245
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   01 February 2010
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Introduction: Famous for Being Famous      I. Ideas and Cabbages      II. Dude! I Met Elway!      III. Jay-Z Is One of Us, Only Not      IV. When Someone’s Down on the Floor, Kick Them      V. What’s a Ballsy?      VI. You’ve Got the X Factor      VII. Sugarfoot and Babyface      VIII. Wear the Least Amount of Clothes Possible      IX. Why Is She Special?      X. Are You Drunk?      XI. I Want to Break Free      XII. Look at This! I’m Unique!      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index     

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this study is a serious take on what the program and the celebrities it creates suggest about American society and culture --Communication Booknotes Quarterly; thoroughly researched and in-depth --Scope: An Online Journal of Film and Television Studies.


"""this study is a serious take on what the program and the celebrities it creates suggest about American society and culture""--Communication Booknotes Quarterly; ""thoroughly researched and in-depth""--Scope: An Online Journal of Film and Television Studies."


this study is a serious take on what the program and the celebrities it creates suggest about American society and culture --<i>Communication Booknotes Quarterly</i>; thoroughly researched and in-depth --<i>Scope: An Online Journal of Film and Television Studies</i>.


Author Information

Christopher E. Bell is an associate professor of media studies in the department of communication at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, specializing in the study of the ways in which race, class and gender intersect in different forms of children’s media. He is a TED speaker, a diversity and inclusiveness consultant for Pixar Animation Studios, a 2017 David Letterman Award winning media scholar and the 2017 Denver Comic Con Popular Culture Educator of the Year.

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