Thesis (Ph. M.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1937. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 414-417).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Tufts University, 2000. / Adviser: Barbara W. Grossman. Submitted to the Dept. of Drama. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 146-155). Access restricted to members of the Tufts University community. Also available via the World Wide Web;

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 1971. / Typescript. Vita. Includes abstract. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 301-307).

Thesis-- Northwestern University. / Vita. Photocopy of typescript. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms, 1977. Bibliography: leaves 366-371.

Thesis (M.A.) in Theatre/Dance--University of Maine, 2003. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 91-96).

Thesis (M.A.)--Dept. of Theatre. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2005. / "A thesis in theatre." Typescript. Advisor: Felicia H. Londré. Vita. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition Description based on contents viewed June 26, 2006. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 82-93). Online version of the print edition.

Today is Past is a serious play in which the main character does not meet defeat at the end. This is not to say, however, that the play has a conventional happy ending. It hasn't. But at the final curtain the protagonist has made an important decision which will determine the direction of her life.

This thesis examines the changing nature of Hollywood stardom and how this is informed by an emergent celebrity culture. Through several case studies this study augments older forms of analysis with Bourdieu’s concept of capital to create a new model of stardom that can accommodate recent cultural developments. In chapter one four key forms of capital are identified. After contextualising this new model within the history of classic Hollywood and older academic approaches to stardom in chapter two, the analysis of Nicole Kidman’s star text in chapter three shows how her image has evolved to combine all forms of cultural capital and as such exemplifies an entirely new formulation of the Hollywood film star. Chapter four applies this analysis to the small screen, with the case studies of Michael J. Fox and Sarah Jessica Parker showing how some performers are able to accrue cultural capital by simultaneously working in film and television, establishing television as a legitimate site for Hollywood stardom and its associated capital. In chapter five a case study of Brand Beckham shows how the capital of contemporary celebrity can be effectively deployed in order to generate a similar allure to that of the classic Hollywood star and with it a similar level of Hollywood power. The final chapter examines the simultaneous unravelling of one brand and the creation of another in light of the increasing power of the fan within celebrity culture. A detailed study of Britney Spears’s presence on perezhilton.com highlights the involvement of the audience as producers of her image and demonstrates how new technologies can be used to create an entirely new form of fame for the gossip columnist, which in turn has been appropriated by the Hollywood system as the next site for legitimate fame.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgia State University, 2007. / Title from file title page. Lynee Lewis Gaillet, committee chair; Beth Burmester,Tanya Caldwell, committee members. Electronic text (189 p. : ill.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed Oct. 15, 2007. Includes bibliographical references.

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