A short history of celebrity

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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Main Author Inglis, Fred
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Princeton Princeton University Press 2010
Edition1
Subjects
Actors
Biography
Celebrities
Celebrity
Civilization, Modern
Cultural history
Fame
HISTORY
History, Modern
Media Studies
Modern history
Musicians
Political history
Politicians
Popular culture
Psychological aspects
Social aspects
Social History
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Sociology
U.S.A
United Kingdom
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Summary: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 written and brimming with fascinating stories of figures whose lives mark important moments in the history of celebrity, this book explains how fame has changed over the past two-and-a-half centuries.
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ISBN:1400834392
9781400834396
9780691135625
0691135622
DOI:10.1515/9781400834396