The Politics of Fame
Author:   Eric Burns
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
ISBN:  

9781978800618


Pages:   216
Publication Date:   21 December 2018
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Eric Burns
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.481kg
ISBN:  

9781978800618


ISBN 10:   1978800614
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   21 December 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Contents   Epigraph   A Note to Readers   Prologue   PART ONE   Chapter One: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Fame   Chapter Two: The Celebrity With A Cause   Chapter Three: The Cultural Commodity   Chapter Four: At Long Last, Class   Chapter Five: Circulation Wars   Chapter Six: The Press and the Immigrants   The Chapter Seven: The Deviancy of Adulation   Part TWO   Chapter One:  The Decreasing Literacy Rate   Chapter Two:  The Leveling Forces of Democracy   Chapter Three:  The Declining Importance of Faith   Chapter Four:  The Acceleration of Haste   Chapter Five:  The False Intimacy of the Media   Epilogue   Bibliography   Notes   Index        

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"""Eric Burns's book provides a fascinating chronology of the politics of fame from the American founder fathers to the present day. The volume includes many interesting anecdotes upon this important topic.""--Mark Wheeler ""London Metropolitan University and author of Celebrity Politics"""


Eric Burns's book provides a fascinating chronology of the politics of fame from the American founder fathers to the present day. The volume includes many interesting anecdotes upon this important topic. --Mark Wheeler London Metropolitan University and author of Celebrity Politics


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ERIC BURNS is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, playwright, and novelist. His many books include Infamous Scribblers: The Founding Fathers and the Rowdy Beginnings of American Journalism, The Smoke of the Gods: A Social History of Tobacco, and The Spirits of America: A Social History of Alcohol.  

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