{"product_id":"american-idolatry-christopher-e-bell-9780786448241","title":"American Idolatry: Celebrity, Commodity and Reality Television","description":"\u003cp\u003e The popular definition characterizes celebrity as a product of manufacture rather than merit. If fame is taken to represent the recognition of achievement, then modern celebrity, in contrast, must be based on something other than achievement, for celebrity and fame are not the same thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book explores the process by which celebrity is created, using the first seven seasons of Fox Television's \u003ci\u003eAmerican Idol\u003c\/i\u003e as a framework for analysis of how celebrity is defined, generated, nurtured, and intensified.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher E. Bell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786448245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786448241\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Christopher E. Bell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059691057407,"sku":"9780786448241","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_513fda90-3bc1-4c2e-a753-868bb15e6cee.jpg?v=1685059755","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-idolatry-christopher-e-bell-9780786448241","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}