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The child star is an iconic figure in Western society representing a growing cultural trend which idolises, castigates and fetishises the image of the perfect, innocent and beautiful child. In this book, Jane O'Connor explores the paradoxical status of the child star who is both adored and reviled in contemporary society. Drawing on current debates about the commercialisation and sexualisation of childhood and fears about children 'growing up too soon', she identifies hostile media attention around child stars as indicative of broader social concerns about the 'correct' role and place of child
Child actors. --- Fame. --- Fame - Social aspects. --- Performing arts and children. --- Performing arts and children --- Child actors --- Fame --- Social aspects --- Social aspects.
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Film and Television Stardom examines film and television stars as a collectively complex, intriguing social phenomenon from the early twentieth century to the present day. Its range of topics includes (but is certainly not limited to) the emergence and historical development of the star system, silent-film stardom, stardom and media spectatorship, stardom and consumption, stardom and the paparazzi, reality-television "stars," stars in the news, and studies of individual stars. In addition t...
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Once a title held only by a privileged few, fame went hand-in-hand with respect and hard work. To be famous meant that you had achieved something noteworthy, or had an exceptional talent. But things have changed, as demonstrated by the number of singularly untalented people who are currently famous. Why has there been such a shift in our notion of fame and why has the desire for fame become such a powerful motivation for so many people? Mark Rowlands brings his philosophical expertise to bear on our concept of fame and explores the reasons behind its radical transformation. To understand this new variant fame, Rowlands argues, we must engage in an extensive philosophical excavation that takes us back to a dispute that began in fourth-century BC Athens. Rowlands reveals that our presentday notion of fame and the extremes that accompany it are symptoms of a significant cultural change: the decline of Enlightenment ideas has seen individualism eclipse objectivism about value, so much so that what characterizes Western society today is its constitutional inability to distinguish quality from bullshit. This, argues Rowlands, is the predicament in which we find ourselves today and which explains how fame can now be unconnected with any discernible distinction: we have lost any grip on the idea that there might be objective standards of evaluation even for some of the most important choices we make. A fascinating mix of amusing anecdote and serious philosophical reflection, Fame presents us with a new way of looking at and understanding fame as we now know it, one that shows us how and why we have become the fame-hungry people we are today. It is a book written for anyone who has wondered how the world could ever have turned out like this.
Fame. --- Celebrities. --- Celebrity culture --- Celebs --- Cult of celebrity --- Famous people --- Famous persons --- Illustrious people --- Well-known people --- Persons --- Fan clubs --- Celebrity --- Renown --- Glory --- Fame --- Philosophy. --- Rowlands, Mark
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Social sciences (general) --- Aesthetics. --- Celebrities in mass media. --- Celebrities. --- Fame. --- Popular culture.
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Although both national sites of commemoration and Halls of Fame for a variety of human endeavours are widespread, little thought was given to the fact that the statues in the Forum Augustum were the first assemblage of this kind. This book identifies the Greek and Roman backgrounds to and influences on Augustus' decision as well as his probable motives for setting up these statues. The central chapters deal with the structure of the Forum and its statues, and provide a detailed analysis of the list of men (and women) known to have been included and the criteria for inclusion. Finally the additions to the heroes between Augustus and Trajan and the later impact of this Gallery of Heroes are discussed.
Halls of fame. --- Statues --- Forum of Augustus (Rome, Italy). --- Halls of fame --- Forum of Augustus (Rome, Italy) --- Sculpture, Roman --- Sculpture romaine --- Temples de la renommée --- Rome --- Forum d'Auguste (Rome, Italie) --- History --- Histoire --- Statuary --- Monuments --- Sculpture --- Celebrity, Halls of --- Fame, Halls of --- Famous people, Halls of --- Museums --- Augustus, Forum of (Rome, Italy) --- Foro di Augusto (Rome, Italy) --- Forum Augustum (Rome, Italy) --- Statues - Rome
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Fame --- Renommée --- History. --- Histoire --- Du Guesclin, Bertrand, --- Froissart, Jean, --- France --- History --- Renommée --- Mediaeval History --- 14th Century --- Mobilité sociale --- Du Guesclin, Bertrand (1320?-1380) --- Froissart, Jean (1337?-1410?) --- Gloire --- Historiens --- 14e siècle --- 13e siècle --- Moyen âge
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#SBIB:309H040 --- #SBIB:309H043 --- #SBIB:316.7C140 --- Populaire cultuur algemeen --- Populaire cultuur en massacultuur en “performers” --- Cultuursociologie: cultuur en globale samenlevingen --- Child actors --- Fame --- Performing arts and children --- Children and the performing arts --- Children --- Children as actors --- Actors --- Social aspects --- Enfants acteurs --- Célébrités --- Enfants --- Aspect social
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Princess Diana, Jackie O, Grace Kelly-the star icon is the most talked about yet least understood persona. The object of adoration, fantasy, and cult obsession, the star icon is a celebrity, yet she is also something more: a dazzling figure at the center of a media pantomime that is at once voyeuristic and zealously guarded. With skill and humor, Daniel Herwitz pokes at the gears of the celebrity-making machine, recruiting a philosopher's interest in the media, an eye for society, and a love of popular culture to divine our yearning for these iconic figures and the role they play in our lives.Herwitz portrays the star icon as caught between transcendence and trauma. An effervescent being living on a distant, exalted planet, the star icon is also a melodramatic heroine desperate to escape her life and the ever-watchful eye of the media. The public buoys her up and then eagerly watches her fall, her collapse providing a satisfying conclusion to a story sensationally told-while leaving the public yearning for a rebirth.Herwitz locates this double life in the opposing tensions of film, television, religion, and consumer culture, offering fresh perspectives on these subjects while ingeniously mapping society's creation (and destruction) of these special aesthetic stars. Herwitz has a soft spot for popular culture yet remains deeply skeptical of public illusion. He worries that the media distances us from even minimal insight into those who are transfigured into star icons. It also blinds us to the shaping of our political present.
Aesthetics. --- Celebrities in mass media. --- Celebrities. --- Fame. --- Popular culture. --- Culture, Popular --- Mass culture --- Pop culture --- Popular arts --- Communication --- Intellectual life --- Mass society --- Recreation --- Culture --- Beautiful, The --- Beauty --- Esthetics --- Taste (Aesthetics) --- Philosophy --- Art --- Criticism --- Literature --- Proportion --- Symmetry --- Mass media --- Celebrity culture --- Celebs --- Cult of celebrity --- Famous people --- Famous persons --- Illustrious people --- Well-known people --- Persons --- Fan clubs --- Celebrity --- Renown --- Glory --- Psychology --- Radio broadcasting Aesthetics --- Aesthetics
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In 1823, the History of the Celebrated Mrs. Ann Carson rattled Philadelphia society and became one of the most scandalous, and eagerly read, memoirs of the age. This tale of a woman who tried to rescue her lover from the gallows and attempted to kidnap the governor of Pennsylvania tantalized its audience with illicit love, betrayal, and murder.Carson's ghostwriter, Mary Clarke, was no less daring. Clarke pursued dangerous associations and wrote scandalous exposés based on her own and others' experiences. She immersed herself in the world of criminals and disreputable actors, using her acquaintance with this demimonde to shape a career as a sensationalist writer.In Dangerous to Know, Susan Branson follows the fascinating lives of Ann Carson and Mary Clarke, offering an engaging study of gender and class in the early nineteenth century. According to Branson, episodes in both women's lives illustrate their struggles within a society that constrained women's activities and ambitions. She argues that both women simultaneously tried to conform to and manipulate the dominant sexual, economic, and social ideologies of the time. In their own lives and through their writing, the pair challenged conventions prescribed by these ideologies to further their own ends and redefine what was possible for women in early American public life.
Social status --- Fame --- Crime --- Sex role --- Women authors, American --- Female offenders --- Women --- City crime --- Crime and criminals --- Crimes --- Delinquency --- Felonies --- Misdemeanors --- Urban crime --- Social problems --- Criminal justice, Administration of --- Criminal law --- Criminals --- Criminology --- Transgression (Ethics) --- Celebrity --- Renown --- Glory --- Social standing --- Socio-economic status --- Socioeconomic status --- Standing, Social --- Status, Social --- Power (Social sciences) --- Prestige --- Human females --- Wimmin --- Woman --- Womon --- Womyn --- Females --- Human beings --- Femininity --- Delinquent women --- Offenders, Female --- Women criminals --- Women offenders --- American women authors --- History --- Social aspects --- Clarke, Mary, --- Carson, Ann Baker. --- Smith, Ann, --- Philadelphia (Pa.) --- Philadelphie (Pa.) --- Filadelfia (Pa.) --- Filadelʹfii︠a︡ (Pa.) --- Филадельфия (Pa.) --- Philly (Pa.) --- City of Philadelphia (Pa.) --- Lower Dublin (Pa. : Township) --- Philadelphia County (Pa.) --- Social conditions --- Filadelfiyah (Pa.) --- פילדלפיה (Pa.) --- American History. --- American Studies. --- Gender Studies. --- Women's Studies.
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