Eric Burns

The Politics of Fame

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Produktbeschreibung

Examines the biographies of some of the most famous figures in American history, from Benjamin Franklin to Oprah Winfrey. Through these case studies, Eric Burns considers the evolution of celebrity throughout the ages. More controversially, he questions the very status of fame in the twenty-first century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• None
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 145mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781978800618
• ISBN-10: 1978800614
• Artikelnr.: 51978782

Autorenporträt

Burns, Eric

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
 
Epigraph
 
A Note to Readers
 
Prologue
 
PART ONE
 
Chapter One: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Fame
 
Chapter Two: The Celebrity With A Cause
 
Chapter Three: The Cultural Commodity
 
Chapter Four: At Long Last, Class
 
Chapter Five: Circulation Wars
 
Chapter Six: The Press and the Immigrants
 
The Chapter Seven: The Deviancy of Adulation
 
Part TWO
 
Chapter One:  The Decreasing Literacy Rate
 
Chapter Two:  The Leveling Forces of Democracy
 
Chapter Three:  The Declining Importance of Faith
 
Chapter Four:  The Acceleration of Haste
 
Chapter Five:  The False Intimacy of the Media
 
Epilogue
 
Bibliography
 
Notes
 
Index