Introduction: In the Limelight and Under the Microscope — The Forms and Functions of Female Celebrity

In the Limelight and under the Microscope: Forms and Functions of Female Celebrity

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-16

  Holmes, Su ^a   Negra, Diane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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