Celebrity in American literature

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>Does anyone on this list happen to have thoughts/suggestions for postmodern
>American literature (preferably fiction) with characters who are interested
>in, obsessed with, disgusted by, or in some other way relating to
>celebrity--either a specific celebrity or the concept of celebrity in
>general?  
>
>I'm beginning some research in this area and am having difficulty finding a
>good starting place. . .
>
>I'm especially interested in literature that incorporates issues of minority
>status, privacy, &/or some other aspect of capitalism.
>
>Thanks,
>
>--Jennifer

Here is a topic & thesis.

Topic: Don DeLillo's _White Noise_ (1985) & _Libra_ (1988).

Thesis: DeLillo's novels _White Noise_ & _Libra_ explore how 
paranoia, radical skepticism, obsession with coincidence, & 
conspiracy theory mutually reinforce one another & allow us to see 
that the fetishism of celebrities is integral to the production of 
the dreadful mess that is postmodern Americana (= paranoia, radical 
skepticism, obsession with coincidence, & conspiracy theory).

Yoshie