TY - BOOK AU - Rowlands,Mark TI - Fame T2 - The Art of Living Series SN - 9781317488514 AV - BJ1470.5 -- .R69 2008eb U1 - 306.4 PY - 2014/// CY - Oxford PB - Taylor & Francis Group KW - Celebrities KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1886939 ER -