Title Celebrity culture and the American dream : stardom and social mobility / Karen Sternheimer.

Publication Info.

New York, NY : Routledge, 2015.

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	305.513 S839C	Check Shelf

Edition	Second edition.
Description	xvi, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The American dream : celebrity, class, and social mobility -- Beyond subsistence : the rise of the middle class in the twentieth century -- Prosperity and wealth arrive : boom times and women's suffrage in the 1920s -- Pull yourself up by your bootstraps : personal failure and the Great Depression -- We're all in this together : collectivism and World War II -- Suburban utopia : the postwar middle class fantasy -- Is that all there is? : challenging the suburban fantasy in the sixties and seventies -- Massive wealth as moral reward : the Reagan revolution and individualism -- Success just for being you : opportunity in the Internet age.
Subject	Social mobility -- United States.
	Social classes -- United States.
	Celebrities -- United States.
	American Dream.
	Fame -- Social aspects -- United States.
	American Dream. (OCoLC)fst01738531
	Celebrities. (OCoLC)fst00850072
	Fame -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00920130
	Social classes. (OCoLC)fst01122346
	Social mobility. (OCoLC)fst01122648
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
ISBN	9781138023949 (hardback ;) (alk. paper)
	1138023949 (hardback ;) (alk. paper)
	9781138023956 (pbk. ;) (alk. paper)
	1138023957 (pbk. ;) (alk. paper)
	9781315776170 (ebook)

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