Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen Free Audiobook Download by Greg Jenner

Celebrity culture has evolved a lot since ancient times. Celebrities are no longer declared dead by their kin and family, but instead are celebrated and resurrected by the public in times of importance. In the past, celebrity was only known to immediate family members or other people who had intimate contact with the deceased. With time, celebrities have become more famous and famous on a grander scale than before.

Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen is a scholarly and accessible exploration of celebrity. It begins with the ancient times of the Bronze Age, when people would make images of themselves and their gods in bronze, then continues on through Norman England, Roman Europe, Mughal India, and Imperial China before moving to the modern world. Throughout all of these periods, Jenner does an excellent job illustrating how celebrity changed with time.

Dead Famous is a journey through the history of celebrity, from the Bronze Age to today's silver screen. It is an exciting and entertaining read that introduces readers to famous figures from Shakespeare, Nero, Cleopatra, Elvis Presley to Lady Gaga. The book features over 130 classical celebrities including Achilles, Helen of Troy and Alexander the Great.

In this exciting, lively book, Greg Jenner tells us the surprising story of celebrity from the era of ancient Greece to our present day. From recording sound and color photography to motion pictures, television, and social media, he explores how innovations in technology have influenced not only public perceptions of famous people but their very identities.

Rated four stars on audible.com for being an engaging history on celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen by Greg Jenner audiobook download

Celebrity culture is nothing new, and the masses are always clamoring for the latest and greatest star to take the spotlight. There's a certain element of mystery that goes into celebrity and how they're first discovered. They are often found by chance during a time when they might not even know they were famous. Greg Jenner explores how we as humans want to know where celebrity came from, who has been there before them, and what it means to be famous in our day-to-day lives.