Celebrity Culture And The American Dream: Stardom And Social Mobility

This text considers how major economic and historical factors shaped the nature of celebrity culture as we know it today. Equally important, the book explains how and why the story of Hollywood celebrities matters, sociologically speaking, to an understanding of American society and to the changing nature of the American Dream.

• • Author: Karen Sternheimer
• • Publisher: Routledge
• • Publication Date: Dec 09, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 290 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1138023949
• • ISBN-13: 9781138023949