Amanda S. McClain

American Ideal

How American Idol Constructs Celebrity, Collective Identity, and American Discourses

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Produktbeschreibung

American Ideal: How American Idol Constructs Celebrity, Collective Identity, and American Discourses explores ideals associated with American Idol, and includes deep examinations of contextual press coverage, official message boards, and the show itself. It finds that the representation of an idealized American culture endorses and supports contemporary cultural, economic, and institutional ideologies, particularly values of celebrity, beauty, American identity, and capitalism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9780739164334
• ISBN-10: 0739164333
• Artikelnr.: 33768145

Autorenporträt

Amanda Scheiner McClain is assistant professor of communications at Holy Family University in Pennsylvania.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. American Idol Chapter 2. Overview of Theory and Methods Chapter
3. Rags to Riches and the Discourse of Dreams Chapter 4. Contestant
Archetypes Chapter 5. Narratives of Authenticity Chapter 6. Narratives of
Transformation to Celebrity Chapter 7. Show Discourse and Collective
Identity Chapter 8. Collective Identities on the American Idol Message
Boards Chapter 9. American Idol Press Coverage: 2002 and 2008 Chapter 10.
Conclusion