Reading Celebrity Gossip Magazines (Paperback)

Andrea McDonnell

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Language: English

Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Oxford, 2014

0745682197 / 9780745682198

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Paperback. Americans are obsessed with celebrities. While our fascination with fame intensified throughout the twentieth century, the rise of the weekly gossip magazine in the early 2000s confirmed and fueled our popular cultures celebrity mania. After a decade of diets and dates, breakups and baby bumps, celebrity gossip magazines continue to sell millions of issues each week. Why are readers, especially young women, so attracted to these magazines? What pleasures do they offer us? And why do we read them, even when we disagree with the images of femininity that they splash across their hot-pink covers? Andrea McDonnell answers these questions with the help of interviews from editors and readers, and her own textual and visual analysis. McDonnells perspective is multifaceted; she examines the notorious narratives of celebrity gossip magazines as well as the genres core features, such as the "Just Like Us" photo montage and the "Who Wore It Best?" poll. McDonnell shows that, despite their trivial reputation, celebrity gossip magazines serve as an important site of engagement for their readers, who use these texts to generate conversation, manage relationships, and consider their own ideas and values. Americans are obsessed with celebrities. While our fascination with fame intensified throughout the twentieth century, the rise of the weekly gossip magazine in the early 2000s confirmed and fueled our popular culture s celebrity mania. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Title
Reading Celebrity Gossip Magazines (Paperback)
Author
Andrea McDonnell
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Oxford
Publication year
2014
Condition
new
Binding
Paperback
Language
English
ISBN 10
0745682197
ISBN 13
9780745682198
Edition
1st Edition

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