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Celebrity: A History of Fame

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ISBN-10: 1479862037

ISBN-13: 9781479862030

Edition: 2019

Authors: Andrea Mcdonnell, Susan J. Douglas

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The historical and cultural context of fame in the twenty-first century   Today, celebrity culture is an inescapable part of our media landscape and our everyday lives. This was not always the case. Over the past century, media technologies have increasingly expanded the production and proliferation of fame. Celebrity explores this revolution and its often under-estimated impact on American culture. Using numerous  precedent-setting examples spanning more than one hundred years of media history, Douglas and McDonnell trace the dynamic relationship between celebrity and the technologies of mass communication that have shaped the nature of fame in the United States.   Revealing how televised…    
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Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2019
Publisher: New York Univ Pr
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English