A Massive Swelling: Celebrity Reexamined as Grotesque Crippling Disease and Other Cultural Revelations
Cintra Wilson
229 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 014100195X
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Language: English
Publish: July 1, 2001
CulturalCultural StudiesEssaysFilmHistoryHumorNonfictionPhilosophyPop CultureSociology
A columnist and cultural critic explores the meaning of fame and celebrity in modern-day society, in a provocative, witty colleciton of essays that takes on such icons as Barbra Streisand the role of the diva, Michael Jackson, Bruce Willis, the Academy Awards, athletic spectaculars, and Las Vegas, “The Death Star of Entertainment.” Reprint.