| Description |
1 online resource (v, 149 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The family and the business -- Family, gender, and transgressions -- Celebrity, beauty, and sexuality -- Social media -- Journalistic interpretation of the Kardashians -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
The Kardashian family is a contemporary cultural touchstone, recognizable throughout the world, connoting warrantless celebrity, voluptuous beauty, and social media savviness. This book explores the Kardashians' brand and celebrity via narrative discourse analyses of the television reality series Keeping Up with the Kardashians, social media utilization, and popular press presence. This three-pronged study of Kardashian media permits insights into contemporaneous American culture, namely societal norms, values, and ideologies, as well as structural and cultural aspects of cross-platform brand. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Keeping up with the Kardashians (Television program)
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Keeping up with the Kardashians (Television program) |
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Keeping up with the Kardashians (Television program) |
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Fame -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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Fame -- Social aspects. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Subject |
Television personalities -- United States.
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Television personalities. |
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Celebrities -- United States.
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Celebrities. |
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Branding (Marketing) -- United States.
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Branding (Marketing) |
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Social media -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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Social media -- Economic aspects. |
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Popular culture -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Popular culture -- Social aspects. |
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Popular culture. |
| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Social media. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: McClain, Amanda Scheiner, 1979- Keeping up the Kardashian brand. Lanham : Lexington Books, 2013 9780739177150 (DLC) 2013022295 (OCoLC)847763640 |
| ISBN |
9780739177167 (electronic book) |
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0739177168 (electronic book) |
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130609416X (e-book) |
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9781306094160 (e-book) |
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9780739177150 |
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073917715X |
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