A Short History of Celebrity /

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Love it or hate it, celebrity is one of the dominant features of modern life--and one of the least understood. Fred Inglis sets out to correct this problem in this entertaining and enlightening social history of modern celebrity, from eighteenth-century London to today's Hollywood. Vividly writ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Inglis, Fred (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2010]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Bekende mensen.
Popular culture.
History, Modern.
Fame > Social aspects.
Civilization, Modern.
Celebrities.
Fame > Psychological aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Culture populaire > Histoire.
Histoire moderne et contemporaine.
Renommee > Aspect psychologique > Histoire.
Celebrites > Biographies.
Celebrites > Histoire.
Popular culture > History.
Fame > Psychological aspects > History.
Fame > Social aspects > History.
Celebrities > Biography.
Celebrities > History.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The performance of celebrity
  • A very short history of the feelings
  • The London-Brighton road (1760-1820)
  • Paris: haute couture and the painting of modern life
  • New York and Chicago: robber barons and the gossip column, 1880-1910
  • The geography of recognition: celebrity on its holidays
  • The great dictators
  • The stars look down: the democratisation of celebrity
  • From each according to his ability: sport, rock, fashion, and the self
  • Stories we tell ourselves about ourselves
  • Envoi: Cherishing citizens.

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