Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

one

The Candle in the Wind

two

There Is Only One Star Icon (Except in a Warhol Picture)

three

Therefore Not All Idols Are American

four

A Star Is Born

five

The Film Aura: An Intermediate Case

six

Stargazing and Spying

seven

Teleaesthetics

eight

Diana Haunted and Hunted on TV

nine

Star Aura in Consumer Society (and Other Fatalities)

Notes

Index