Internet celebrity: understanding fame online 9781787560796, 9781787560765, 9781787560789, 1787560791

Celebrity: A history of fame [1 ed.] 9781479862030

The historical and cultural context of fame in the twenty-first century Today, celebrity culture is an inescapable part

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Fame Us: Celebrity Impersonators and the Cult(ure) of Fame 9781551522968, 9781551522289

In this stunning book, photographer Brian Howell takes us into the world of celebrity impersonators—the faux famous peop

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Celebrity : a history of fame 9781479852437, 1479852430, 9781479862030, 1479862037

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Stargazing: Celebrity, Fame, and Social Interaction 1136828664, 9781136828669

The sociology of fame and celebrity is at the cutting edge of current scholarship in a number of different areas of stud

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Celebrity Mad: Why Otherwise Intelligent People Worship Fame 1782206671, 9781782206675

This short book by Professor Brett Kahr provides a psychoanalytic understanding of fame and celebrity in the early twent

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Indigenous Celebrity: Entanglements with Fame 9780887559068, 9780887559228, 9780887559211, 9780887559235

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Celebrity, Fame, and Infamy in the Hellenistic World 9781487531782

This book traces the roots of modern notions of celebrity, fame, and infamy back to the Hellenistic period of classical

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Cinema’s Melodramatic Celebrity: Film, Fame, and Personal Worth: ‘Fame is an interesting thing.’– Dora García 9781911239758, 9781911239819, 9781911239772

In this bold and compelling book, Mandy Merck argues that melodrama – an aesthetic that originated in 17th century theat

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Celebrity and the Environment: Fame, wealth and power in conservation 9781350218932, 9781842779736, 9781842779743

The battle to save the world is being joined by a powerful new group of warriors. Celebrities are lending their name to

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Constructing Charisma: Celebrity, Fame, and Power in Nineteenth-Century Europe 9781845459772

Railroads, telegraphs, lithographs, photographs, and mass periodicals—the major technological advances of the 19th centu

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