Self-exposure [electronic resource] : human-interest journalism and the emergence of celebrity in America, 1890-1940 / Charles L. Ponce de Leon.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2002.Description: x, 325 p., [10] p. of plates : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 302.23 21
LOC classification:
  • PN4888.S46 P66 2002eb
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-313) and index.

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.

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