Auteur: Brenda R. Weber

Focusing on representations of women’s literary celebrity in nineteenth-century biographies, autobiographical accounts, periodicals, and fiction, Brenda R. Weber examines the transatlantic cultural p …

Focusing on representations of women’s literary celebrity in nineteenth-century biographies, autobiographical accounts, periodicals, and fiction, Brenda R. Weber examines the transatlantic cultural p …

Interdisciplinary star study of one of the most iconic Hollywood celebrities of the last thirty-five years. Starring Tom Cruise examines how Tom Cruise’s star image moves across genres and forms as a …

Ryan Murphy is a self-described "gay boy from Indiana, " who has grown up to forge a media empire. With an extraordinary list of credits and successful television shows, movies, and documen …

Ryan Murphy is a self-described "gay boy from Indiana, " who has grown up to forge a media empire. With an extraordinary list of credits and successful television shows, movies, and documen …

This essay collection focuses on the gendered dimensions of reality television in both the United States and Great Britain. Through close readings of a wide range of reality programming, from Finding …

In 2004, roughly 25 makeover-themed reality shows aired on U.S. television. By 2009, there were more than 250, from What Not to Wear and The Biggest Loser to Dog Whisperer and Pimp My Ride. In Makeov …