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Celebrity culture and the American dream : stardom and social mobility / Karen Sternheimer.

By: Publication details: New York : Routledge, 2011.Description: xvi, 282 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780415886789 (hardback)
  • 0415886783 (hardback)
  • 9780415886796 (pbk.)
  • 0415886791 (pbk.)
  • 9780203831496 (e-book)
  • 0203831497 (e-book)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.5/1309730904 22
LOC classification:
  • HN57 .S774 2011
Contents:
The American dream : celebrity, class, and social mobility -- Beyond subsistence : the rise of the middle class in the twentieth century -- Prosperity and wealth arrive : boom times and women's suffrage in the 1920s -- Pull yourself up by your bootstraps : personal failure and the Great Depression -- We're all in this together : collectivism and World War II -- Suburban utopia : the postwar middle class fantasy -- Is that all there is? : challenging the suburban fantasy in the sixties and seventies -- Massive wealth as moral reward : the reagan revolution and individualism -- Success just for being you : opportunity in the internet age.
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The American dream : celebrity, class, and social mobility -- Beyond subsistence : the rise of the middle class in the twentieth century -- Prosperity and wealth arrive : boom times and women's suffrage in the 1920s -- Pull yourself up by your bootstraps : personal failure and the Great Depression -- We're all in this together : collectivism and World War II -- Suburban utopia : the postwar middle class fantasy -- Is that all there is? : challenging the suburban fantasy in the sixties and seventies -- Massive wealth as moral reward : the reagan revolution and individualism -- Success just for being you : opportunity in the internet age.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-274) and index.

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