Hedda Hopper's Hollywood: Celebrity Gossip and American Conservatism

Frost argues that Hopper has had a profound and lasting influence on popular and political culture and should be viewed as a pivotal popularizer of conservatism. As practiced by Hopper and her readers, Hollywood gossip shaped key developments in American movies and movie culture, newspaper journalism and conservative politics, along with the culture of gossip itself.

Author(s): Jennifer Frost
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2011-01-10
Pages: 298
Categories: Biography & Autobiography