Gods like us: on movie stardom and modern fame
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"How--and why--do we focus on those individuals we come to call stars? How does stardom both reflect and mask the person behind it? How have the image of stardom and our stars' images changed over the past hundred years? What does celebrity mean if people can become famous simply for being famous? Ty Burr answers these questions in this lively, wonderfully anecdotal history of stardom--both its blessings and its curses, for the star and the stargazer alike. From Florence Lawrence, Mary Pickford, and Charlie Chaplin, to Archie Leach (a.k.a. Cary Grant), Ruby Stevens (a.k.a. Barbara Stanwyck), and Marion Morrison (a.k.a. John Wayne), to Jim Belushi, Tom Cruise, and Julia Roberts, to such no-cal stars of today as the Kardashians and the new online celebrity (i.e., you and me), Burr takes us on a brilliantly insightful and entertaining journey through the modern fame game at its flashiest, its most indulgent, occasionally its most tragic and, ultimately, its most culturally revealing"--
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Celebrities in mass media
Celebrities in mass media -- History -- 20th century
Celebrities in mass media -- History -- 21st century
Fame
Fame -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Fame -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century
History
Nonfiction
Performing Arts
Popular culture
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 21st century
Social aspects
Sociology
Celebrities in mass media -- History -- 20th century
Celebrities in mass media -- History -- 21st century
Fame
Fame -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Fame -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century
History
Nonfiction
Performing Arts
Popular culture
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 21st century
Social aspects
Sociology
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9780307377661
9780307907424
9780307907424
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subject_facet | Celebrities in mass media -- History -- 20th century Celebrities in mass media -- History -- 21st century Fame -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century Fame -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 21st century | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_display | Gods like us : on movie stardom and modern fame | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_full | Gods Like Us On Movie Stardom and Modern Fame Gods like us : on movie stardom and modern fame / Ty Burr | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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topic_facet | Celebrities in mass media Fame History Nonfiction Performing Arts Popular culture Social aspects Sociology |