Broschiertes Buch

Constructing Charisma

Celebrity, Fame, and Power in Nineteenth-Century Europe

Herausgeber: Berenson, Edward; Giloi, Eva

Beschreibung

Examines the origins and nature of modern mass media and the culture of celebrity and fame they helped to create Presents multidisciplinary approach: history, art history, literature, sociology Focuses on arts celebrities (Sarah Bernhardt, Byron and Liszt); charismatic political figures (Napoleon and Wilhelm II); famous explorers (Stanley and Brazza); and celebrated fictional characters (Cyrano de Bergerac).

Autor

Eva Giloi is Associate Professor in the History Department at Rutgers University, Newark. She is the author of Monarchy, Myth, and Material Culture in Germany 1750-1950 (Cambridge University Press 2011).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 357g
• ISBN-13: 9780857458155
• ISBN-10: 0857458159
• Artikelnr.: 36833351