The Cult Of Celebrity

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Cult Of Celebrity

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Author : Cooper Lawrence
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2009-01-20

Cult Of Celebrity written by Cooper Lawrence and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-20 with categories.

Fame

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Author : Tom Payne
language : en
Publisher: Picador
Release Date : 2010-10-26

Fame written by Tom Payne and has been published by Picador this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-26 with Social Science categories.

We may regard celebrities as deities, but that does not mean we worship them with deference. From prehistory to the present, humanity has possessed a primal urge first to exalt the famous but then to cut them down (Michael Jackson, anyone?). Why do we treat the ones we love like burnt offerings in a ritual of human sacrifice? Perhaps because that is exactly what they are. From Greek mythology to the stories of the Christian martyrs and Dr. Faustus, Payne makes the fascinating argument that our relationship to celebrity is perilous, and that we wouldn't have it any other way. He also shows that the people we choose as our heroes and villains throughout the ages says a lot about ourselves—and what it says is often quite frightening. Fame even brings new life to all the literary figures from our high school English classes. In these pages, the most ephemeral reality television stars (those "famous for being famous") find themselves in the same VIP lounge as the characters of The Iliad. With great wit, scholarship, and insight, Tom Payne draws the narratives of the past and the present into one intriguing story. Fame is a dazzling, hilarious look at the mortals, and the immortals—us and them.

Jefferson And The Cult Of Celebrity

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Author : Susan Holbrook Perdue
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005

Jefferson And The Cult Of Celebrity written by Susan Holbrook Perdue and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Monticello (Va.) categories.

Movie Crazy

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Author : S. Barbas
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-04-30

Movie Crazy written by S. Barbas and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-30 with History categories.

While the impact that legendary actors and actresses have had on the development of the Hollywood film industry is well known, few have recognised the power of movie fans on shaping the industry. This books redresses that balance, and is the first study of Hollywood's golden era to examine the period from the viewpoint of the fans. Using fan club journals, fan letters, studio production records, and other previously unpublished archival sources, Samantha Barbas reveals how the passion, enthusiasm, and ongoing activism of film fans in Hollywood's golden era transformed early cinema, the modern mass media and American popular culture.

Star Signs

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Author : Daniel Luke McKewen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006

Star Signs written by Daniel Luke McKewen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Art, Modern categories.

Movie Crazy

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Author : Samantha Sumi Barbas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000

Movie Crazy written by Samantha Sumi Barbas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with categories.

Hitler And The Nazi Cult Of Celebrity

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Author : Michael Munn
language : en
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
Release Date : 2012-05-15

Hitler And The Nazi Cult Of Celebrity written by Michael Munn and has been published by Biteback Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-15 with History categories.

Hitler believed himself to be as much an artist as a politician, and his rise to power owed a great deal to the creation of myth around his own personality. In his Germany politics and culture became one, the cult of celebrity nurtured and driven by Hitler and his acolyte Joseph Goebbels. In their version of Hollywood there were scandals, starlets, secret agents, premieres and the infamous 'casting couch'. But one of the actresses was a Soviet agent who held the key to killing the Führer. Hitler and the Nazi Cult of Celebrity probes the correlation between art and ambition, shows how films were used as weapons, and uncovers the sexual predilections of the Nazi hierarchy. It also brings to light previously unpublished information about the 'Hitler film' Goebbels saw as 'the greatest story ever told', which was in the planning even as Hitler himself was heading for his own Wagnerian finale.

Celebrity

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Author : Chris Rojek
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2004-11-01

Celebrity written by Chris Rojek and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-11-01 with Education categories.

In contemporary society, the cult of celebrity is inescapable. Anyone can be turned into a celebrity, and anything can be made into a celebrity event. Celebrity has become a part of everyday life, a common reference point. But how have people like Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Bill Clinton or Princess Diana impressed themselves so powerfully on the public mind? Do they have unique qualities, or have their images been constructed by the media? And what of the dark side of celebrity – why is the hunger to be in the public eye so great that people are prepared to go to any lengths to achieve it, as numerous mass murderers and serial killers have done. Chris Rojek brings together celebrated figures from the arts, sports, politics and other public spheres, from O.J. Simpson and Marilyn Monroe to Hitler and David Bowie, and touches on many movements and fads, including punk, rock-and-roll and fashion. Rojek analyzes the difference between ascribed celebrity, which derives from bloodline, and achieved celebrity, which follows on from personal achievement - the difference between Princess Margaret and, say, Woody Allen. He also shows how there is no parallel in history to today's ubiquitous "living" form of celebrity, powered by newspapers, PR departments, magazines and electronic mass media.

Movie Crazy

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Author : S. Barbas
language : en
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Release Date : 2002-11-26

Movie Crazy written by S. Barbas and has been published by Palgrave Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-11-26 with History categories.

While the impact that legendary actors and actresses have had on the development of the Hollywood film industry is well known, few have recognised the power of movie fans on shaping the industry. This books redresses that balance, and is the first study of Hollywood's golden era to examine the period from the viewpoint of the fans. Using fan club journals, fan letters, studio production records, and other previously unpublished archival sources, Samantha Barbas reveals how the passion, enthusiasm, and ongoing activism of film fans in Hollywood's golden era transformed early cinema, the modern mass media and American popular culture.

Fame Us

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Author : Brian Howell
language : en
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Release Date : 2010-08

Fame Us written by Brian Howell and has been published by ReadHowYouWant.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

In this stunning book, photographer Brian Howell takes us into the world of celebrity impersonators--the faux famous people who make a living at pretending to be someone else. Taken at various impersonator conventions and stage shows throughout North America, the photographs are both startling and poignant--for all of the frivolity and double takes (''Isn't that Paris Hilton?'') there is also a sense of the real person beneath the makeup and the artifice. Accompanying the portraits are first-person narratives by many of the subjects, many of whom feel personally close to those they are impersonating, even if they have never met them. In addition, in two essays, cultural critic Norbert Ruebsaat looks at the history of celebrity culture, and Geist magazine editor Stephen Osborne delves into the nature of photographing impersonators. As such, the book investigates the nature of fame in this era of celebrity blogs, stalkerazzi, and reality television-and how our obsession with famous people says as much about us as it does about them.