TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sternheimer,Karen
TI  - Celebrity culture and the American dream: stardom and social mobility 
SN  - 9780415886789 (hardback)
AV  - HN57 .S774 2011
U1  - 305.5/1309730904 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Social mobility
KW  - United States
KW  - Social classes
KW  - Celebrities
KW  - American Dream
KW  - Fame
KW  - Social aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-274) and index; 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
ER  -