Author : John A. Walker
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 28,17 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Art
ISBN :
A lively and accessible study of what happens when the ‘serious’ world of art collides with celebrity.
Author : Isabelle Graw
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,64 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781933128795
First published in German by DuMont in 2008.
Author : Heather McPherson
Publisher : Penn State University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,49 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Actresses
ISBN : 9780271074078
Explores the vibrant visual and theatrical culture of eighteenth-century England. Focuses on the central role of images in the invention of modern celebrity culture.
Author : Emily Ruth Rutter
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 46,8 MB
Release : 2021-11-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1644532468
Black Celebrity examines representations of postbellum black athletes and artist-entertainers by novelists Caryl Phillips and Jeffery Renard Allen and poets Kevin Young, Frank X Walker, Adrian Matejka, and Tyehimba Jess. Inhabiting the perspectives of boxer Jack Johnson and musicians “Blind Tom” Wiggins and Sissieretta Jones, along with several others, these writers retrain readers’ attention away from athletes’ and entertainers’ overdetermined bodies and toward their complex inner lives. Phillips, Allen, Young, Walker, Matejka, and Jess especially plumb the emotional archive of desire, anxiety, pain, and defiance engendered by the racial hypervisibility and depersonalization that has long characterized black stardom. In the process, these novelists and poets and, in turn, the present book revise understandings of black celebrity history while evincing the through-lines between the postbellum era and our own time.
Author : Meredith Hooper
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 24,11 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Art museums
ISBN : 9781845075989
It is Cats' Visiting Night at the Art Gallery, and cats want to see paintings with cats in them - six funny reworkings of famous paintings, each shown alongside the original masterpiece.
Author : Bruce Patrick Jones
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 19,14 MB
Release : 2015-08-19
Category : Art
ISBN : 0486793494
From Brad Pitt and Daniel Craig to Jennifer Lawrence and Angelina Jolie, the hottest celebrities are ready for you to add color to their lives. Includes mazes, spot-the-differences, and other puzzles.
Author : Lee Barron
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 17,16 MB
Release : 2014-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1473911354
What is celebrity? How do celebrities influence society? Why do we hang on their every word, tweet or status update? Celebrity Cultures offers a fresh insight into the field of celebrity studies by updating existing debates and exploring recent developments. From the PR campaigns of Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to the election of Arnold Schwarzenegger as Governor of California, this book critically evaluates a number of diverse celebrity case-studies and considers what they reveal about contemporary global society. Taking into account issues such as gender, sexuality, ethnicity, economics, politics and the media, the book draws upon a range of cultural theorists including Theodore Adorno and Jean Baudrillard. Over the course of ten richly illustrated chapters, the book: Draws upon sociology, cultural theory, media analysis and celebrity commentary to explore and re-evaluate the study of celebrity. Examines the international appeal of celebrity including examples from India, China, South Korea and Indonesia. Includes chapter introductions identifying key points and annotated further reading suggestions. Celebrity Cultures is an invaluable resource for students of celebrity, media and cultural studies.
Author : Bulfinch Press
Publisher : Little Brown GBR
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,61 MB
Release : 2005-11
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780821228173
One hundred photographs from "Rolling Stone" magazine celebrate the art of the tattoo in shots of musicians, actors, and other pop icons, including Drew Barrymore, Eminem, Melissa Etheridge, and Ozzy Osborne.
Author : Andy Stewart MacKay
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,51 MB
Release : 2020-09-03
Category : Art
ISBN : 178157801X
In this age of insta-stardom and selfies, Pop Art still defines the world we live in. Emerging in the 1950s, Pop Art arrived in an explosion of colour, offering bold representations and plenty of humour. All of the celebrities, events and politics that came to define two turbulent decades are encapsulated in their work. Pop Art challenged the establishment and offered a new modernism, blurring the line between art and mass production. Uncover 100 stories in this essential guide to a groundbreaking movement. Enjoy enlightening critiques of iconic works; meet key figures including Warhol and Hockney; and discover inspirational ideas and novel new methods.
Author : Sharon Marcus
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 31,43 MB
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0691210187
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.
