A Massive Swelling : Celebrity Re-Examined as a Grotesque, Crippling Disease and Other Cultural Revolutions
by Wilson, Cintra
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- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670891622
- ISBN 13
- 9780670891627
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Synopsis
A Massive Swelling: Celebrity Reexamined as a Grotesque, Crippling Disease and Other Cultural Revelations is the first book written by Cintra Wilson. The book consists of a collection of essays which focus on America's obsession with celebrity culture and how, according to Wilson, celebrity status and the desire to attain it, is a "grotesque crippling disease" that affects nearly every American who participates in and reacts to the mass media.
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- Bookseller
- Better World Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39595844-6
- Title
- A Massive Swelling : Celebrity Re-Examined as a Grotesque, Crippling Disease and Other Cultural Revolutions
- Author
- Wilson, Cintra
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardback
- ISBN 10
- 0670891622
- ISBN 13
- 9780670891627
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- 2000-07-17
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