Inglis A Short History of Celebrity

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ISBN: 978-1-4008-3439-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 328 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Inglis, Fred

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements ix

Part I: Fame and Feeling

Chapter 1: The Performance of Celebrity 3

Chapter 2: A Very Short History of the Feelings 19

Part II: The Rise of Celebrity: A Three-Part Invention

Chapter 3: The London-Brighton Road, 1760-1820 37

Chapter 4: Paris: Haute Couture and the Painting of Modern Life 74

Chapter 5: New York and Chicago: Robber Barons and the Gossip Column, 1880-1910 108

Part III: The Past in the Present

Chapter 6: The Geography of Recognition: Celebrity on Its Holidays 135

Chapter 7: The Great Dictators 158

Chapter 8: The Stars Look Down: The Democratisation of Celebrity 187

Chapter 9: From Each According to His Ability: Sport, Rock, Fashion, and the Self 217

Chapter 10: Stories We Tell Ourselves about Ourselves 247 Envoi: Cherishing Citizens 270

Notes 289

List of Illustrations 303

Index 305

Über Autor(innen)

Fred Inglis is Honorary Professor of Cultural History at the University of Warwick and a former member of the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He is the author of more than twenty books, including The Cruel Peace: Everyday Life in the Cold War (Basic).