Introduction : in the limelight and under the microscope : forms and functions of female celebrity? / Su Holmes and Diane Negra
Mrs. Langtry seems to be on the way to a fortune : the Jersey lily and models of nineteenth-century fame / Catherine Hindson
Helen Keller, Hollywood and political celebrity / Abigail Salerno
Bloody blondes and bobbed-haired bandits : executing justice and constructing celebrity criminals in the 1920s popular press / April Miller
"Rocket scientist" : the posthumous celebrity of Hedy Lamarr / Ruth Barton
Grotesquerie as marker of success in aging female stars / Anne Morey
Mia Farrow in the 1960s : categorically intangible? / Leslie Abramson
The "right" kind of fame : celebrity culture and the structuring of young women's fantasies of success / Kim Allen
Don't let Sofia's littleness and quietness confuse you : Sofia Coppola as persona, brand and text / Caitlin Lewis
The insanity plea : female celebrities, reality media and the pyschopathology of British pop-feminism / Emma Bell
The horror of something to see : celebrity "Vaginas" as prostheses / Margaret Schwartz
Strengthening as they undermine : Rachel Maddow and Suze Orman's homonormative lesbian identities / Joselyn Leimbach
Living the hills life : Lauren Conrad as reality Star, soap opera heroine, and brand / Alice Leppert and Julie Wilson
Discourses of censorship, immigration and terrorism : exploring the politics of crossing over through the transnational stardom of M.I.A. / Candice Haddad
We love this trainwreck! : sacrificing Britney to save America / Anna Fisher.
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In the limelight and under the microscope : forms and functions of female celebrity. ISBN 9780826438553. Published by Continuum in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
