Celebrity culture and the American dream :
Sternheimer, Karen.
Celebrity culture and the American dream : stardom and social mobility / Karen Sternheimer. - New York : Routledge, 2011. - xvi, 282 p. : ill., ports. ; [ca. 23-29] cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780415886789 (hardback) 9780415886796 (pbk.) 0415886783 0415886791
2010032719
Social mobility--United States.
Social classes--United States.
Celebrities--United States.
American Dream.
Fame--Social aspects--United States.
HN57 / .S774 2011
Celebrity culture and the American dream : stardom and social mobility / Karen Sternheimer. - New York : Routledge, 2011. - xvi, 282 p. : ill., ports. ; [ca. 23-29] cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780415886789 (hardback) 9780415886796 (pbk.) 0415886783 0415886791
2010032719
Social mobility--United States.
Social classes--United States.
Celebrities--United States.
American Dream.
Fame--Social aspects--United States.
HN57 / .S774 2011