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02813aam a2200433 a 4500 001 B5FAB4586A8B11E689525693DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160825010506 008 100205s2010 cau b 001 0deng 010 $a 2010003460 020 $a 0313377650 (ebk.) 020 $a 9780313377655 (ebk.) 020 $a 0313377642 (hbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780313377648 (hbk. : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)511615407 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BWX $d CDX $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E169.12 E24 2010 082 00 $a 973.9 $2 22 100 10 $a Ebert, John David, $d 1968- 245 10 $a Dead celebrities, living icons : $b tragedy and fame in the age of the multimedia superstar / $c John David Ebert. 260 $a Santa Barbara, Calif. : $b Praeger, $c 2010. 300 $a xxiv, 230 p. ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: Saints in the age of electronic stained glass -- pt. 1. Birth and rise (the 1930s) -- Howard Hughes, the world's first serial crash artist -- Walt Disney builds the cosmos electric -- pt. 2. Classics (the 1950s) -- The weird and fantastic tale of the pixellation and disintegration of Elvis Presley -- James Dean's death by car crash : an analysis -- The strange tale of the wondrous life and curious death of Marilyn Monroe -- pt. 3. Tribes (the 1960s) -- The assassination of John F. Kennedy considered as a case of media warfare -- Andy Warhol's cult of the dead celebrity -- The Beatles, their muse, a car crash, five bullets, and some flowers from the dead -- Jim Morrison awoke one morning to find himself transformed -- pt. 4. Sunset (the 1980s) -- Ronald Reagan : the celluloid man made flesh -- The passion of Gianni Versace -- Princess Diana's media metamorphoses -- pt. 5. The myth today (2000s) -- The multiple selves of Heath Ledger -- Michael Jackson's macrosphere : genesis, evolution, disintegration -- Afterword: On the otherworldly nature of electronic culture. 651 0 $a United States $x Civilization $y 1945- 651 0 $a United States $x Civilization $y 1918-1945 650 0 $a Celebrities $z United States $x Death. 650 0 $a Popular culture $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Popular culture $z United States $x History $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Tragedy $x History $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Tragedy $x History $z United States $x History $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Fame $x History $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Fame $x History $z United States $x History $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Tabloid newspapers $x History. $z United States $x History. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20161202021215.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B5FAB4586A8B11E689525693DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search