Title: Dead celebrities, living icons
Description: The book covers the epoch of the celebrity beginning in the 1930s with Howard Hughes and Walt Disney and continues to the present day with the life and death of Michael Jackson. Dead Celebrities, Living Icons documents the philosophical importance and significance of the contemporary cult of the celebrity and analyzes the tragic consequences of a human life lived in the glare of the media spotlight. --from publisher description.
Subjects: Death, Popular culture, Celebrities, Tragedy, Tabloid newspapers, Civilization, Fame, History, Popular culture, united states, United states, civilization, 1918-1945, Newspapers, United states, civilization, 1945-, Social aspects
Places: United States
Time periods: 1945-, 20th century, 1918-1945, 21st century