Becoming extra-textual: Celebrity discourse and Paul Robeson's political transformation

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-168

  Spohrer, Erika ^a  

^a ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Celebrity; Discourse; Film stardom; Paul Robeson; Political activism; The 1930s

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547338468     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: 14795809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07393180701262750     Document Type: Article

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