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02617aam a2200337 i 4500 001 77A2A092FF9A11E9A2D37E2597128E48 003 SILO 005 20191105010136 008 181030t20192019njuac b 001 0deng c 010 $a 2018950975 020 $a 0691177597 020 $a 9780691177595 035 $a (OCoLC)1059270781 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d ERASA $d VA@ $d OSU $d MLY $d OCLCF $d EAU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 4 $a BJ1470.5 M37 2019 100 1 $a Marcus, Sharon, $d 1966- $e author. 245 14 $a The drama of celebrity / $c Sharon Marcus. 264 1 $a Princeton, NJ ; $b Princeton University Press, $c [2019] 300 $a vi, 318 pages : $b illustrations, portraits ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-295) and index. 520 8 $a Why do so many people care so much about celebrities? Who decides who gets to be a star? What are the privileges and pleasures of fandom? Do celebrities ever deserve the outsized attention they receive? In this fascinating and deeply researched book, Sharon Marcus challenges everything you thought you knew about our obsession with fame. Icons are not merely famous for being famous; the media alone cannot make or break stars; fans are not simply passive dupes. Instead, journalists, the public, and celebrities themselves all compete, passionately and expertly, to shape the stories we tell about celebrities and fans. The result: a high-stakes drama as endless as it is unpredictable. Drawing on scrapbooks, personal diaries, and vintage fan mail, Marcus traces celebrity culture back to its nineteenth-century roots, when people the world over found themselves captivated by celebrity chefs, bad-boy poets, and actors such as the "divine" Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923), as famous in her day as the Beatles in theirs. Known in her youth for sleeping in a coffin, hailed in maturity as a woman of genius, Bernhardt became a global superstar thanks to savvy engagement with her era's most innovative media and technologies: the popular press, commercial photography, and speedy new forms of travel. Whether you love celebrity culture or hate it, The Drama of Celebrity will change how you think about one of the most important phenomena of modern times. 650 0 $a Celebrities. 650 0 $a Fame $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Celebrities in popular culture. 650 0 $a Popular culture $x Social aspects. 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200806025315.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217014718.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=77A2A092FF9A11E9A2D37E2597128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search