The assembly line of greatness: Celebrity in twentieth-century america

Stardom and celebrity: A reader

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 141-155

  Gamson, Joshua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446269534.n15     Document Type: Chapter

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