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1 online resource (215 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; 1 Childhood and celebrity: Mapping the terrain; Childhood and celebrity -- strange relations; A short history of childhood and celebrity in the UK and USA; The power and powerlessness of child celebrities; References; Part I Childhood vs child celebrity; 2 Child beauty pageants in the second gilded age; References; 3 Born to be famous?: Children of celebrities and their rights in the media ; Children of celebrities; Celebrity family life, paparazzi and social media |
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Children's rights and celebrity newsRegulation of journalism and celebrities fighting back; Conclusions; References; 4 'Just a voice and youth': Shirley Temple, Deanna Durbin, Judy Garland and the rise of the musical child star ... ; References; 5 Bollywood's periphery: Child stars and representations of childhood in Hindi films; Changing position of child stars; Representation of children on-screen: 1950s, 1980s, contemporary; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Notes; References; Part II Post-childhood celebrity -- the transition to adulthood |
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6 Blossoming beauty or unhinged teen?: Media and audiences discussing celebrities coming of ageAppropriateness and transgression in celebrity coming of age; A multitude of childhoods; Coming of age: transition and transgression; Celebrity gossip and coming of age; Selecting a corpus for analysis: what age adolescence?; Looking for latent norms and frames; Framing coming of age; The Trashy Bad Seed vs The Young, Wild and Free; Married [With a Kid] When (S)he Should Be Having Fun vs Leave Those Kids Alone; Thank You Mother Nature vs The Art of Growing Up Successfully; Conclusion; References |
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7 Miley Cyrus and the 'murder' of Hannah Montana: Authenticity and young female celebrityAcknowledgements; References; 8 The Olsen Twins and internship: The career girl as 'eager serf'; References; 9 Macaulay Culkin and child stardom in the 1990s; Culkin's star image: the cute and the cool; Wider commercial uses of Culkin's image; The limitations of Culkin's star image; Construction and destruction of Culkin's star image; An 'ageing child star'; References; 10 The devil you don't know?: The rise and fall and rise of Linda Blair ; The rise of Linda Blair; The fall and redemption of Linda Blair |
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The later period and conclusionsReferences; 11 Natalie Portman and transgressing boundaries between childhood and adulthood in Luc Besson's Léon; References; Part III Childhood, celebrity and the media; 12 Created by children: Conceptualising the child as media producer ; Children and media: how they connect; Kid President: the pure, inspirational child; Axe Cop: the illogical, entertaining child; Kid President meets Axe Cop; References; 13 The child star as celebrity: Shirley Temple, fandom and memory ; Shirley T and Shirley P; Stardom and celebrity; The child star; Shirley Temple |
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Shirley and Graham Greene |
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Print version record |
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Performing arts and children.
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Children in mass media.
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Child actors.
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Fame -- Social aspects.
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Child actors
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Children in mass media
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Fame -- Social aspects
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Performing arts and children
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mercer, John
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| ISBN |
9781317518945 |
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1317518942 |
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