Cleo de Merode and the Rise of Modern Celebrity Culture

Author : Michael D. Garval

Paperback

Published : Wednesday 31 May 2017

ISBN : 9781138108806

Price : €58.49

Description

The first English-language monograph on the French dancer and model, Cléo de Mérode and the Rise of Modern Celebrity Culture explores the haunting legacy of this intriguing and glamorous figure, an international celebrity at the dawn of our star-struck modernity. Situating Mérode at a pivotal moment in the history of fame and visual culture, this study probes the neglected prehistory of a visual culture obsessed with celebrities and their images.

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