American Ideal: How American Idol Constructs Celebrity, Collective Identity, and American Discourses

By Amanda Scheiner McClain

American Ideal: How American Idol Constructs Celebrity, Collective Identity, and American Discourses explores ideals associated with American Idol, and includes deep examinations of contextual press coverage, official message boards, and the show itself. It finds that the representation of an idealized American culture endorses and supports contemporary cultural, economic, and institutional ideologies, particularly values of celebrity, beauty, American identity, and capitalism.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739164333
• ISBN13: 9780739164334
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher