Aging Performance and Stardom

This book PDF is perfect for those who love Aging genre, written by Aagje Swinnen and published by LIT Verlag Münster which was released on 01 May 2024 with total hardcover pages 202. You could read this book directly on your devices with pdf, epub and kindle format, check detail and related Aging Performance and Stardom books below.

Aging  Performance  and Stardom
Author : Aagje Swinnen
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Language : English
Release Date : 01 May 2024
ISBN : 9783643901767
Pages : 202 pages
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Aging Performance and Stardom by Aagje Swinnen Book PDF Summary

This volume focuses on questions concerning the ways in which actors and socialites perform aging on the stage of consumerist culture. How do celebrities, whose star personae are ultimately connected with the prime of their lives, cope with the aging process?

Aging  Performance  and Stardom

This volume focuses on questions concerning the ways in which actors and socialites perform aging on the stage of consumerist culture. How do celebrities, whose star personae are ultimately connected with the prime of their lives, cope with the aging process?

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