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Fame.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The Art of Living SeriesPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2014Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (129 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781317488514
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: FameDDC classification:
  • 306.4
LOC classification:
  • BJ1470.5 -- .R69 2008eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- 1. Girls gone wild: fame and vfame -- 2. Footnotes to Plato -- 3. The Enlightenment project -- 4. Lightness and weight -- 5. From suicide bombers to Young Hot Hollywood -- 6. Paris Hilton and the end of history -- Further reading -- References -- Index.
Summary: Fame was once associated with excellence or achievement in some or other field of endeavour. One of the most distinctive cultural phenomena over the years has been the rise and rise of fame. This book shows why this new fame is simultaneously fascinating and worthless.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- 1. Girls gone wild: fame and vfame -- 2. Footnotes to Plato -- 3. The Enlightenment project -- 4. Lightness and weight -- 5. From suicide bombers to Young Hot Hollywood -- 6. Paris Hilton and the end of history -- Further reading -- References -- Index.

Fame was once associated with excellence or achievement in some or other field of endeavour. One of the most distinctive cultural phenomena over the years has been the rise and rise of fame. This book shows why this new fame is simultaneously fascinating and worthless.

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