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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Jones, Landon Y., 1943- author.     Subjects     Celebrities -- Social aspects.     Culture.     United States -- Social conditions.     United States -- Political aspects.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Jones, Landon Y., 1943- author.       by title:      Celebrity nation : h...         MARC Display

Celebrity nation : how America evolved into a culture of fans and followers / Landon Y. Jones. by Jones, Landon Y., 1943- author. Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2023] Subjects Celebrities -- Social aspects.   Culture.   United States -- Social conditions.   United States -- Political aspects. ISBN:  9780807065655 (hardcover) : 080706565X (hardcover) Description:  207 pages ; 23 cm Contents:  The celebrity-industrial complex -- How it started -- Bread and circuses: the history of fame -- The dark side of celebrity -- When big names did good works -- Sex, lies, and social media -- How celebrities hijacked heroes -- Celebrity worship -- The selling of celebrity -- The human costs of celebrity -- Swimming with Narcissus -- Stories celebrities tell -- Shape-shifting: cameos and podcasts -- "R U Real?" -- The future of fame. Requests:  0 Summary:  "A former People magazine editor reveals how our cult of celebrity has shaped our politics, our culture, and our personal lives-for better or worse"-- Jones explores how and why fame no longer stems only from heroic achievements but from the number of "likes" and shares-- and what this change means for American culture. He draws on his experience as the former managing editor of People magazine to profile celebrities he knew personally, and make observations about contemporary social media stars. In analyzing the stories of celebrities spanning decades and industries, Jones shows how celebrity has been wielded as a weapon of mass distraction to spawn narcissism, harm, and loneliness. -- adapted from jacket   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 305.52 Jo Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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