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Title Celebrity culture / Noah Berlatsky, Book Editor.

Publication Info. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Greenhaven Press, A part of Gale Cengage Learning, [2015]

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  306 C392C    Check Shelf
Description 203 pages ; 24 cm
Series Opposing viewpoints series
Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Summary "Opposing Viewpoints is the leading source for libraries and classrooms in need of current-issue materials. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected sources and publications"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-189) and index.
Contents Chapter 1: Is celebrity culture harmful? Celebrity culture is natural and can be beneficial / David Cox ; Too many celebrities, not enough heroes / Landon Y. Jones ; Celebrity culture is not that terrible / Courtney Enlow ; Celebrities work to prevent sexual assault / Lesley Clark and Renee Schoof ; Why Miley Cyrus matters / Mona Charen ; Celebrities promote unhealthy eating and obesity / Tara Haelle -- Chapter 2: Is celebrity activism beneficial? Celebrities can help bring attention to worthy causes / Alain de Botton ; Celebrities make worthy causes absurd / Douglas Valentine ; The thirty most generous celebrities / Anderson Antunes ; Celebrity philanthropy may be misguided and misleading / Kat Stoeffel ; The flip side to Bill Gates' charity billions / Andrew Bowman -- Chapter 3: How does celebrity culture affect particular groups? Coming out : when love dares speak, and nobody listens / Jeremy W. Peters ; Celebrities coming out helps gay rights / Trish Bendix ; Why we need to ask celebrities whether they're feminists / Amanda Duberman ; Asking female celebrities if they are feminists is useless / Meghan Murphy ; Children provide the excuse for moral panic around celebrity culture / Karina Wilson -- Chapter 4: Is celebrity culture changing? Celebrity culture can become more accessible and subversive / Amber L. Davisson ; The culture of celebrity is far from dead; it's just growing up / Tim Lott ; Celebrity culture still rests on traditional myths about fame / Su Holmes ; Celebrity culture is based on evolution / Stephanie Pappas ; Social media does not necessarily create authentic connections with celebrities / Alice Marwick and danah boyd.
Subject Celebrities -- Juvenile literature.
Popular culture -- Juvenile literature.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Issues / Values & Virtues.
Celebrities. (OCoLC)fst00850072
Popular culture. (OCoLC)fst01071344
Genre/Form Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Author Berlatsky, Noah, editor.
ISBN 9780737772463 (hardback)
0737772468 (hardback)
9780737772470 (paperback)
0737772476 (paperback)
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