In the Limelight and Under the Microscope: Forms and Functions of Female Celebrity

Introduction: Su Holmes, University of East Anglia and Diane Negra, University College Dublin, In the Limelight and Under the Microscope: Forms and Functions of Female Chapter 1: Catherine Hindson, University of Bristol, 'Mrs. Langtry Seems to be on the Way to a Fortune:' Jersey Lily and Models of Nineteenth-Century Fame Chapter 2: Abigail Salerno, Trinity College, Helen Keller, Hollywood and Political Chapter 3: April Miller, University of Northern Colorado, Bloody Blondes and Bobbed-Haired Bandits: Executing Justice and Constructing Celebrity Criminals in the 1920s Popular Press Chapter 4: Ruth Barton, Trinity College, Rocket Scientist!: Posthumous Celebrity of Hedy Lamarr Chapter 5: Anne Morey, Texas A & M University, Grotesquerie as Marker of in Aging Female Stars Chapter 6: Leslie Abramson, Lake Forest College, Mia Farrow in the 1960s: Categorically Intangible (partial reprint from 1960s Stardom Anthology) Chapter 7: Kim Allen, London Metropolitan University, The 'Right' Kind of Fame?: Celebrity Culture and the Structuring of Young Women's Fantasies of Success Chapter 8: Caitlin Lewis, University College Dublin, 'Don't Let Sofia's Littleness and Quietness Confuse You:' Sofia Coppola as Persona, and Text Chapter 9: Emma Bell, University of Brighton, The Insanity Plea: Female Celebrities, Reality Media and the Pyschopathology of British Pop-Feminism (partial reprint from Genders) Chapter 10: Margaret Schwartz, Fordham University, The Horror of Something to See: Celebrity 'Vaginas' as Prostheses (partial reprint from Genders) Chapter 11: Joselyn Leimbach, Indiana University, Strengthening as They Undermine: Rachel Maddow and Suze Orman's Homonormative Lesbian Identities: Chapter 12: Alice Leppert and Julie Wilson, University of Minnesota, Living Hills Life: Lauren Conrad as Reality Star, Soap Opera Heroine, and Brand (reprint from Genders) Chapter 13: Candice Haddad, University of Michigan, Discourses of Censorship, Immigration and Terrorism: Exploring the Politics of Crossing Over through the Transnational Stardom of M.I.A. Chapter 14: Anna Fisher, Brown University, We Love This Trainwreck!: Sacrificing Britney to Save America Index.