Gods Like Us: On Movie Stardom and Modern Fame

by Ty Burr

Book Overview

With 8 Pages of Black-and-White Photographs In this captivating history of stardom, Boston Globe film critic Ty Burr traces our obsession with fame from the dawn of cinema through the age of the Internet. Why do we obsess over the individuals we come to call stars? How has both the image of stardom and our stars' images changed over the past hundred years? What does celebrity mean if people can now become famous simply for being famous? With brilliant...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307390845
• ISBN13: 9780307390844
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Anchor Books
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 8.0"