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Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen

byGreg Jenner

Focused on an Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen, Dead Famous brings Greg Jenner's social inquiry to a complex and consequential subject. Its account follows central actors and turning points while showing how the story reflects questions in the connected fields of performing arts and social science. The result avoids a single easy lesson, emphasizing instead how circumstances, institutions, and individual choices interacted over time. Dead Famous leaves readers with key context and a clear view of the human stakes involved.

Publisher

Orion Publishing Group, Limited

Publication date

2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

352

ISBN

9781780225661