A Short History of Celebrity Hardcover - 2010
by Inglis, Fred
- Used
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Details
- Title A Short History of Celebrity
- Author Inglis, Fred
- Binding Hardcover
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 328
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press, Princeton
- Date 2010-07
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 5763568-6
- ISBN 9780691135625 / 0691135622
- Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Dimensions 9.29 x 6.46 x 1.03 in (23.60 x 16.41 x 2.62 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Modern
- Library of Congress subjects Celebrities, Civilization, Modern
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009050143
- Dewey Decimal Code 305
From the rear cover
"With breathtaking range and panache, A Short History of Celebrity provides a keenly observed interpretation of the emergence of modern transatlantic popular culture. At once learned and accessible, Inglis's vivacious prose reveals the contradictions of icons as diverse as Joshua Reynolds and Lord Byron, the Beatles and Bob Dylan. His insights into the popular heroes of art, literature, and the stage and screen (including television), as well as politics and public life, enable us to appreciate continuities that stretch across two-hundred-and-fifty years."--Richard D. Brown, professor emeritus, University of Connecticut
"Celebrity is ripe for anatomizing, and in this enjoyable work of cultural history Inglis performs an exemplary dissection, showing both the pains and the pleasures, the shame and the virtues, of the modern cult of celebrity. This is vintage Inglis: funny, coruscating, biting."--Krishan Kumar, University of Virginia
"This is a fascinating, remarkable, and thought-provoking book. Its great value is that it doesn't begin with Survivor, Big Brother, or Oprah. Instead, Fred Inglis extends his study back to the eighteenth century and gives attention to painting, gossip columns, and wartime dictators, among much else. Inglis is a powerful and engaging writer and this book is a pleasure to read."--Tara Brabazon, University of Brighton
"Fred Inglis has a distinctive voice as he explores our ambivalence toward celebrities and the phenomenon of celebrity itself. Filled with examples and quotable passages, this is a heartfelt book by a man who is grounded in Wittgenstein yet familiar with David Beckham."--Richard Howells, King's College London
Media reviews
Citations
- Choice, 12/01/2010, Page 0
- Library Journal, 06/01/2010, Page 93
- New Yorker (The), 09/20/2010, Page 87
