LEADER 04240nam 2200781Ia 450 001 9910779118703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-231-51858-7 024 7 $a10.7312/herw14540 035 $a(CKB)2550000000105173 035 $a(EBL)908732 035 $a(OCoLC)818856329 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000721819 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12221390 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000721819 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10693103 035 $a(PQKB)10316963 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC908732 035 $a(DE-B1597)458934 035 $a(OCoLC)1013954301 035 $a(OCoLC)1029831005 035 $a(OCoLC)1032694897 035 $a(OCoLC)1037978465 035 $a(OCoLC)1042015724 035 $a(OCoLC)1046613748 035 $a(OCoLC)1046995403 035 $a(OCoLC)1049618830 035 $a(OCoLC)1054874588 035 $a(OCoLC)979753823 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231518581 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL908732 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10580043 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL853861 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000105173 100 $a20080317d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe star as icon$b[electronic resource] $ecelebrity in the age of mass consumption /$fDaniel Herwitz 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (173 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-14541-1 311 $a0-231-14540-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [145]-149) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface and Acknowledgments -- $tOne. The Candle in the Wind -- $tTwo. There Is Only One Star Icon (Except in a Warhol Picture) -- $tThree. Therefore Not All Idols Are American -- $tFour. A Star Is Born -- $tFive. The Film Aura: An Intermediate Case -- $tSix. Stargazing and Spying -- $tSeven. Teleaesthetics -- $tEight. Diana Haunted and Hunted on TV -- $tNine. Star Aura in Consumer Society (and Other Fatalities) -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aPrincess Diana, Jackie O, Grace Kelly-the star icon is the most talked about yet least understood persona. The object of adoration, fantasy, and cult obsession, the star icon is a celebrity, yet she is also something more: a dazzling figure at the center of a media pantomime that is at once voyeuristic and zealously guarded. With skill and humor, Daniel Herwitz pokes at the gears of the celebrity-making machine, recruiting a philosopher's interest in the media, an eye for society, and a love of popular culture to divine our yearning for these iconic figures and the role they play in our lives.Herwitz portrays the star icon as caught between transcendence and trauma. An effervescent being living on a distant, exalted planet, the star icon is also a melodramatic heroine desperate to escape her life and the ever-watchful eye of the media. The public buoys her up and then eagerly watches her fall, her collapse providing a satisfying conclusion to a story sensationally told-while leaving the public yearning for a rebirth.Herwitz locates this double life in the opposing tensions of film, television, religion, and consumer culture, offering fresh perspectives on these subjects while ingeniously mapping society's creation (and destruction) of these special aesthetic stars. Herwitz has a soft spot for popular culture yet remains deeply skeptical of public illusion. He worries that the media distances us from even minimal insight into those who are transfigured into star icons. It also blinds us to the shaping of our political present. 606 $aFame 606 $aCelebrities 606 $aCelebrities in mass media 606 $aAesthetics 606 $aPopular culture 615 0$aFame. 615 0$aCelebrities. 615 0$aCelebrities in mass media. 615 0$aAesthetics. 615 0$aPopular culture. 676 $a306.4 700 $aHerwitz$b Daniel Alan$f1955-$01465379 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779118703321 996 $aThe star as icon$93766738 997 $aUNINA