{"product_id":"the-drama-of-celebrity-sharon-marcus-9780691210186","title":"The Drama of Celebrity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bold new account of how celebrity works\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhy do we care so much about celebrities? Who decides who gets to be a star? Do celebrities deserve the outsized attention they receive? Sharon Marcus challenges everything you thought you knew about our obsession with fame. Drawing on scrapbooks, diaries, and vintage fan mail, she 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, as famous in her day as the Beatles in theirs. \u003ci\u003eThe Drama of Celebrity\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how journalists, the public, and celebrities themselves all compete to shape the stories we tell about celebrities and fans, resulting in a high-stakes drama as endless as it is unpredictable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sharon Marcus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691210187\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691210186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.20d","brand":"Sharon Marcus","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995874230527,"sku":"9780691210186","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1e286686-3dc7-42f1-b54f-2ff116796797.jpg?v=1683338368","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-drama-of-celebrity-sharon-marcus-9780691210186","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}