Title Idolized : music, media, and identity in American idol / Katherine Meizel.

Publication Info.	Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, [2011]
	©2011

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Description	1 online resource (xii, 301 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-291) and index.
Contents	Facing reality : American idol as reality television -- Facing the music -- Win or lose : success and failure and the American dream -- Idol worship : civil and sacral religion in American idol -- Going places -- Politics as usual -- The United Nations of pop : global franchise and geopolitics.
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Summary	The hit television program American Idol provides a stage where the politics of national, regional, ethnic, and religious identity are performed for millions of viewers. Diversity is carefully highlighted and coached into a viable commodity by judges, argues Katherine Meizel, with contestants packaged into familiar portraits of American identities. Consumer choice, as expressed by audience voting, also shapes the course of the show -- negotiating ideas of democracy and opportunity closely associated with.
Subject	American Idol (Television program)
	American Idol (Television program) (OCoLC)fst01397598
	Popular music -- Competitions -- United States.
	Music -- Social aspects -- United States.
	Television and music.
	Popular culture -- United States.
	PERFORMING ARTS -- Television -- History & Criticism.
	Music -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01030444
	Popular culture. (OCoLC)fst01071344
	Popular music -- Competitions. (OCoLC)fst01071433
	Television and music. (OCoLC)fst01146688
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Other Form:	Print version: Meizel, Katherine. Idolized. Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, ©2011 9780253355713 (DLC) 2010034622 (OCoLC)655653433
ISBN	9780253005106 (electronic bk.)
	0253005108 (electronic bk.)

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