View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Scholar Commons | University of South Florida Research University of South Florida Scholar Commons Graduate Theses and Dissertations Graduate School 3-28-2008 Hollywood Forever: Culture, Celebrity, and the Cemetery Linda Levitt University of South Florida Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd Part of the American Studies Commons Scholar Commons Citation Levitt, Linda, "Hollywood Forever: Culture, Celebrity, and the Cemetery" (2008). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/360 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Hollywood Forever: Culture, Celebrity, and the Cemetery by Linda Levitt A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Communication College of Arts and Sciences University of South Florida Co-Major Professor: Mark A. Neumann, Ph.D. Co-Major Professor: Marcyrose Chvasta, Ph.D. Janna Jones, Ph.D. Michael LeVan, Ph.D. Louis Marcus, M.F.A. Gilbert B. Rodman, Ph.D. Date of Approval: March 28, 2008 Keywords: commemoration, fandom, cultural memory, popular culture, Cinespia, Dia de los Muertos © Copyright 2008, Linda Levitt Acknowledgements I am grateful for the extraordinary support of a group of people who helped see this dissertation to fruition. Mark Neumann has been an exceptional mentor who embraced this project with enthusiasm.