TY - BOOK N2 - "This book explores the process by which celebrity is created, using the first seven seasons of Fox Television's American Idol as a framework through which to analyze how celebrity is defined, generated, nurtured, and intensified. A model is then suggested for interpreting the particular type of celebrity created on American Idol"--Provided by publisher. AB - "This book explores the process by which celebrity is created, using the first seven seasons of Fox Television's American Idol as a framework through which to analyze how celebrity is defined, generated, nurtured, and intensified. A model is then suggested for interpreting the particular type of celebrity created on American Idol"--Provided by publisher. T1 - American idolatry :celebrity, commodity and reality television / DA - c2010. CY - Jefferson, N.C. : AU - Bell, Christopher E., CN - PN1992.77.A56 CN - PN1992.77.A56 PB - McFarland & Co., PP - Jefferson, N.C. : PY - c2010. ID - 339942 KW - Reality television programs KW - Popular culture SN - 9780786448241 (pbk. : alk. paper) SN - 0786448245 (pbk. : alk. paper) TI - American idolatry :celebrity, commodity and reality television / ER -