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Oprah Winfrey, Roseanne Barr, Martha Stewart, And Britney Spears Typify Classpassersthose Who Claim Different Socioeconomic Classes As Their Ownasserts Gwendolyn Audrey Foster In Classpassing: Social Mobility In Film And Popular Culture. According To New Rules Of Social Standing In American Popular Culture, Class Is No Longer Defined By Wealth, Birth, Or Education. Instead, Today'S Notion Of Class Reflects A Socially Constructed And Regulated Series Of Performed Acts And Gestures Rooted In The Cult Of Celebrity.In Examining The Quest For Class Mobility, Foster Deftly Traces Classpassing Through The Landscape Of Popular Films, Reality Television Shows, Advertisements, The Internet, And Video Games. She Deconstructs The Politics Of Celebrity, Fashion, And Conspicuous Consumerism And Analyzes Classpassing As It Relates To The American Dream, Gender, And Marriage.Classpassing Draws On Dozens Of Examples From Popular Culture, From Old Movie Classics And Contemporary Films To Print Ads And Cyberspace, To Illustrate How Flagrant Displays Of Wealth That Were Once Unacceptable Under The Old Rules Of Behavior Are Now Flaunted By Classpassing Celebrities. From The Construction Worker In Who Wants To Marry A Millionaire? To The Privileged Socialites Paris Hilton And Nicole Richie Of The Simple Life, Foster Explores The Fantasy Of Contact Between The Classes. She Also Refers To Television Classpassers From The Apprentice, Queer Eye For The Straight Guy, And Survivor And Notable Classpassing Achievers Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, And P. Diddy.Classpassing Is A Notable Examination Of The Historical, Social, And Ideological Shifts In Expressions Of Class. The First Serious Book Of Its Kind, Classpassing Is Fresh, Innovative, And Invaluable For Students And Scholars Of Film, Television, And Popular Culture.Table Of Contents:1. Class Passing And The American Dream2. Class Passing, Consumerism And Gender3. Class Passing And Negotiations Of Masculinity4. Celebrity Fantasies: Marriage And Class Mobility5. Live On Your World, Class Pass In Ours6. Classing The Body, Cash Passing And Class Mashup
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