Mapping the stars : celebrity, metonymy, and the networked politics of identity /

Analyzes the public images of Norman Rockwell, Will Smith and Kim Kardashian across movie posters, magazines, cinema and social media and deploys a rhetorical study of celebrity to challenge normative ideas about how we form selfhood, including conceptions of gender, race and sexuality.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: King, Claire Sisco (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, [2023].
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Description
Summary:Analyzes the public images of Norman Rockwell, Will Smith and Kim Kardashian across movie posters, magazines, cinema and social media and deploys a rhetorical study of celebrity to challenge normative ideas about how we form selfhood, including conceptions of gender, race and sexuality.
Physical Description:xi, 248 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-238) and index.
ISBN:9780814215500
0814215505
9780814258804
0814258808