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Title: Dead Famous
Author: JENNER GREG
Illustrator: 1 X 8PP COLOUR PLATE SECTION
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 30/11/2021
Imprint: WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON
Price: $24.99
Publishing status: NOT YET PUBLISHED
n this ambitious history, that spans the Bronze Age to the coming of Hollywood’s Golden Age, Greg Jenner assembles a vibrant cast of over 125 actors, singers, dancers, sportspeople, freaks, demigods, ruffians, and more, in search of celebrity’s historical roots. He reveals why celebrity burst into life in the early eighteenth century, how it differs to ancient ideas of fame, the techniques through which it was acquired, how it was maintained, the effect it had on public tastes, and the psychological burden stardom could place on those in the glaring limelight. DEAD FAMOUS is a surprising, funny, and fascinating exploration of both a bygone age and how we came to inhabit our modern, fame obsessed society.
ISBN: 9781780225661
Pages: 416