TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gamson,Joshua
TI  - Claims to fame: celebrity in contemporary America 
SN  - 0520083539 (pbk. : alk. paper)
U1  - 306.097 GAM   
PY  - 1994///
CY  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Celebrities
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Popular culture
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-248) and index; Introduction: Explaining Angelyne -- 1. The Great and the Gifted: Celebrity in the Early Twentieth Century -- 2. The Name and the Product: Late Twentieth-Century Celebrity -- 3. Industrial-Strength Celebrity -- 4. The Negotiated Celebration -- 5. Props, Cues, and the Advantages of Not Knowing: Audiences in the World of Celebrity Production -- 6. Hunting, Sporting, and the Willing Audience: The Celebrity-Watching Tourist Circuit -- 7. Can't Beat the Real Thing: Production Awareness and the Problem of Authenticity -- 8. Believing Games -- Conclusion: Celebrity, Democracy, Power, and Play -- Appendix: Theoretical and Methodological Notes
ER  -