LEADER 04764nam 2200793Ia 450 001 9910459297903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-63940-4 010 $a9786612639401 010 $a1-4008-3439-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400834396 035 $a(CKB)2670000000045871 035 $a(EBL)539788 035 $a(OCoLC)665581261 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000442376 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11306778 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000442376 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10462652 035 $a(PQKB)10128042 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC539788 035 $a(OCoLC)649913135 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36651 035 $a(DE-B1597)446995 035 $a(OCoLC)979742210 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400834396 035 $a(PPN)187275661 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL539788 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10394784 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL263940 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000045871 100 $a20091130d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA short history of celebrity$b[electronic resource] /$fFred Inglis 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (322 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-13562-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tPart I. Fame and Feeling -- $tChapter 1. The Performance of Celebrity -- $tChapter 2. A Very Short History of the Feelings -- $tPart II. The Rise of Celebrity: A Three-Part Invention -- $tChapter 3. The London-Brighton Road, 1760-1820 -- $tChapter 4. Paris: Haute Couture and the Painting of Modern Life -- $tChapter 5. New York and Chicago: Robber Barons and the Gossip Column, 1880-1910 -- $tPart III. The Past in the Present -- $tChapter 6. The Geography of Recognition: Celebrity on Its Holidays -- $tChapter 7. The Great Dictators -- $tChapter 8. The Stars Look Down: The Democratisation of Celebrity -- $tChapter 9. From Each According to His Ability: Sport, Rock, Fashion, and the Self -- $tChapter 10. Stories We Tell Ourselves about Ourselves -- $tEnvoi. Cherishing Citizens -- $tNotes -- $tIllustrations -- $tIndex 330 $aLove 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. Starting with the first modern celebrities in mid-eighteenth-century London, including Samuel Johnson and the Prince Regent, the book traces the changing nature of celebrity and celebrities through the age of the Romantic hero, the European fin de siècle, and the Gilded Age in New York and Chicago. In the twentieth century, the book covers the Jazz Age, the rise of political celebrities such as Mussolini, Hitler, and Stalin, and the democratization of celebrity in the postwar decades, as actors, rock stars, and sports heroes became the leading celebrities. Arguing that celebrity is a mirror reflecting some of the worst as well as some of the best aspects of modern history itself, Inglis considers how the lives of the rich and famous provide not only entertainment but also social cohesion and, like morality plays, examples of what--and what not--to do. This book will interest anyone who is curious about the history that lies behind one of the great preoccupations of our lives.Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions. 606 $aCelebrities$xHistory 606 $aCelebrities$vBiography 606 $aFame$xSocial aspects$xHistory 606 $aFame$xPsychological aspects$xHistory 606 $aHistory, Modern 606 $aPopular culture$xHistory 606 $aCivilization, Modern 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCelebrities$xHistory. 615 0$aCelebrities 615 0$aFame$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aFame$xPsychological aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aHistory, Modern. 615 0$aPopular culture$xHistory. 615 0$aCivilization, Modern. 676 $a305.5/2 700 $aInglis$b Fred$0160477 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459297903321 996 $aA short history of celebrity$92455869 997 $aUNINA