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Constructing charisma : celebrity, fame, and power in nineteenth-century Europe /

Railroads, telegraphs, lithographs, photographs, and mass periodicals-the major technological advances of the 19th century seemed to diminish the space separating people from one another, creating new and apparently closer, albeit highly mediated, social relationships. Nowhere was this phenomenon mo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Berenson, Edward, 1949-, Giloi, Eva, 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Railroads, telegraphs, lithographs, photographs, and mass periodicals-the major technological advances of the 19th century seemed to diminish the space separating people from one another, creating new and apparently closer, albeit highly mediated, social relationships. Nowhere was this phenomenon more evident than in the relationship between celebrity and fan, leader and follower, the famous and the unknown. By mid-century, heroes and celebrities constituted a new and powerful social force, as innovations in print and visual media made it possible for ordinary people to identify with the fa.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 232 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781845459772
1845459776