{"product_id":"fan-phenomena-marilyn-monroe-9781783202010","title":"Fan Phenomena: Marilyn Monroe","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn Norma Jeane Mortenson, Marilyn Monroe was an actress, singer, and sex symbol whose influence far outlasted her short life. Contributors to \u003ci\u003eFan Phenomena: Marilyn Monroe\u003c\/i\u003e situate the platinum blonde starlet's omnipresent cultural relevance within the zeitgeist of current popular culture and explore the influence she has had on numerous elements of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHer aesthetics and images have been reappropriated, recreated, imitated, and emulated by such celebrities as Lindsay Lohan, Jayne Mansfield, Drew Barrymore, Anna Nicole Smith, and Madonna. The quintessential American sex symbol, Monroe was an influential style icon for a spectrum of designers, including Dolce and Gabbana, Betsey Johnson, and Nike, all of whom have named lines of clothing, shoes, or accessories after the star.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe essays here explore representations of Monroe in visual culture by looking at the ways she is reimagined in visual art while also considering how her posthumous appearance and image are appropriated in current advertisements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith an inside look at the universe of Marilyn Monroe impersonators and look-alike contests for both males and females, the book also explores numerous homages to Monroe in music, from the 1979 opera \u003ci\u003eMarilyn\u003c\/i\u003e by Lorenzo Ferrero to Nicki Minaj's song \"Marilyn Monroe.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe definitive guide to one of the most famous women who ever lived, the book will be essential reading for any scholar of twentieth-century American popular culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47463025180908,"sku":"9781783202010","price":55.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781783202010-fan-phenomena-marilyn-monroe.jpg?v=1775026270","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/fan-phenomena-marilyn-monroe-9781783202010","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}