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Idolized : music, media, and identity in American idol /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Meizel, Katherine
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2011]
Subjects:
American Idol (Television program)
Popular music > Competitions > United States.
Music > Social aspects > United States.
Television and music.
Popular culture > United States.
Table of 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.