In the last 50 years, the social importance of stars has steadily grown, to the point that stars have now become key role models who strongly influence people�

Film and Television Stardom examines film and television stars as a collectively complex, intriguing social phenomenon from the early twentieth century to the p

A collection of previously published works on performance and stardom, examining the relationship between genre and performance, the position of the star within

With 8 Pages of Black-and-White Photographs In this captivating history of stardom, Boston Globe film critic Ty Burr traces our obsession with fame from the daw

Challenges traditional Hollywood-derived models of star studiesIs classical Hollywood stardom the last word on film stars? How do film stars function in non-Hol