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Introduction

 

 

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Privatizing Symbolic Production: New Space for Commercial Brands, New Means for Regime Control

 

 

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Constraining Star News: the Lebanese Paparazzi Pages Wedged between Syrian Musalsals and National Canons

 

 

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Shaping New Authority Structures: Carole, Star Writers, and the Privatized Corporatist Consensus

 

 

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Conclusion

Down at Inhouse Coffee: Star Magazine in its Site of Consumption

 

 

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Bibliography

 

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