Dead famous : an unexpected history of celebrity from Bronze Age to silver screen / Greg Jenner.
Dead famous : an unexpected history of celebrity from Bronze Age to silver screen / Greg Jenner.
Dead famous : an unexpected history of celebrity from Bronze Age to silver screen / Greg Jenner.
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Publisher
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2020.
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G 2020/5716
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Language
English
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Physical content
389 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Getting discovered -- Fame thrust upon them -- What the hell is a celebrity, anyway? -- Image is everything -- The art of self-promotion -- Bodies of opinion -- Show me the money! -- The fandom menace? -- Epilogue: famous for fifteen minutes.
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Publisher
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2020.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2020.
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Summary
Celebrity, with its neon glow and selfie pout, strikes us as hypermodern. But the famous and infamous have been thrilling, titillating, and outraging us for much longer than we might realise. Whether it was the scandalous Lord Byron, whose poetry sent female fans into an erotic frenzy; or the cheetah-owning, coffin-sleeping, one-legged French actre...
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Dead famous : an unexpected history of celebrity from Bronze Age to silver screen / Greg Jenner.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-370) and index.
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ebook version : 9780297869818
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©2020
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G 2020/5716
Record Identifier
74VKadkEgmgl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKadkEgmgl
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ISBN
9780297869801 (pbk.)
0297869809 (pbk.)
DDC
306.4
MMS ID
991024321715902626
