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100 1 _aPonce de Leon, Charles L.
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245 1 0 _aSelf-exposure :
_bhuman-interest journalism and the emergence of celebrity in America, 1890-1940 /
_cCharles L. Ponce de Leon.
260 _aChapel Hill :
_bUniversity of North Carolina Press,
_cc2002.
300 _ax, 325 p., [10] p. of plates :
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_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [283]-313) and index.
505 0 _aBecoming 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.
520 0 _aCharles Ponce de Leon provides a new interpretation of the emergence of celebrity, focusing on the development of human-interest journalism about prominent public figures. He illuminates the ways in which new forms of press coverage gradually undermined the belief that famous people were "great, " instead encouraging the public to regard them as complex, interesting, even flawed individuals.
650 0 _aSensationalism in journalism
_zUnited States.
_978278
650 0 _aCelebrities
_xPress coverage
_zUnited States.
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