Stars, Fans, and Consumption in the 1950s: Reading Photoplay

Stars, Fans, and Consumption in the 1950s: Reading Photoplay

by SumikoHigashi (Author)

Synopsis

As the leading fan magazine in the postwar era, Photoplay constructed female stars as social types who embodied a romantic and leisured California lifestyle. As the decade progressed, however, changing social mores regarding female identity and behavior eroded the relationship between idolized stars and worshipful fans.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 26 Nov 2014

ISBN 10: 113743399X
ISBN 13: 9781137433992