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Starstruck : when a fan gets close to fame / Michael Joseph Gross.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
306.487 GRO	Adult Non Fiction		Bankstown .	. Available .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	1582343160 (hardcover)
Name	Gross, Michael Joseph
Title	Starstruck : when a fan gets close to fame / Michael Joseph Gross.
Edition	1st U.S. ed.
Published	New York : Bloomsbury, c2005.
Description	239 p. ; 23 cm.
Summary	"As a teenager, Michael Joseph amassed a collection of four thousand autographs by writing fan letters to celebrities and world leaders, ranging from Madonna to Melissa Gilbert, Ronald Reagan to Deng Xiaoping. The collecting fever broke when he grew up, but his fascination with fame and fandom remained. In Starstruck, Gross takes us deep into the world of celebrities and the people who love them." "With the eye of a journalist and the enthusiasm of a fan, Gross infiltrates the carnival of fame and finds surprising relationships among fans, collectors, publicists, entertainment journalists, and the celebrities themselves. Traveling from Hollywood to Dollywood, from Neverland to Middle Earth, he exposes the exploitation, appreciation, hope, and disappointment that form the uneasy yet often sublime experience of being starstruck."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects	Subculture
	Fans (Persons) -- Psychology
	Celebrities
	Popular culture
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Celebrities . Fans (Persons) -- Psychology . Popular culture . Subculture . See Also: Communication . Intellectual life . Popular literature . Recreation . Women in popular culture . Culture . Ethnopsychology . Social groups . Authors: Gross, Michael Joseph .