{"product_id":"constructing-charisma-celebrity-fame-and-power-in-nineteenth-century-europe-9781845456948","title":"Constructing Charisma: Celebrity, Fame, and Power","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tRailroads, telegraphs, lithographs, photographs, and mass periodicals—the major technological advances of the 19th century seemed to diminish the space separating people from one another, creating new and apparently closer, albeit highly mediated, social relationships. Nowhere was this phenomenon more evident than in the relationship between celebrity and fan, leader and follower, the famous and the unknown. By mid-century, heroes and celebrities constituted a new and powerful social force, as innovations in print and visual media made it possible for ordinary people to identify with the famous; to feel they knew the hero, leader, or \"star\"; to imagine that public figures belonged to their private lives. This volume examines the origins and nature of modern mass media and the culture of celebrity and fame they helped to create. Crossing disciplines and national boundaries, the book 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).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eIt is one of the key achievements of Edward Berenson and Eva Giloi’s lively volume to remind us that many of the mechanisms, phenomena and discussions readily associated with the present day date back to the 1800s \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e–\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ean age Leo Braudy calls ‘the first century of mass culture.’ The concept of \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003echarisma’ \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e–\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003einvariably presented with all the Weberian trimmings \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e–\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eis used here as an analytical leitmotif to provide the different contributions with an additional degree of coherence. What is more, the volume’s eponymous claim about the constructability of charisma is picked up very ingeniously in Braudy’s concluding observations, which deliver a thought-provoking punch line\u003c\/em\u003e.”\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEuropean History Quarterly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“…\u003cem\u003ea lively collection, with invaluable insights for scholars working on celebrity and celebrity culture.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrench Studies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t “\u003cem\u003eThe conclusion by Braudy (himself a figure of some celebrity in the field of celebrity culture) does terrific work in reminding us of just how rich this collection is as a whole…By reminding us of the diverse intellectual achievements of our historical predecessors in dealing with fame and celebrity when it actu­ally was new and unknowable, this collection is highly recommended\u003cstrong\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEuropean Journal of Cultural Studies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eIn revising and broadening Weber’s original definition of charisma, for example by considering its gendered construction, the editors and authors bring together a range of innovative interdisciplinary perspectives drawn from history, literary studies, art history, and musicology…These perspectives provide a valuable template for the study of individuals ‘known for their well-knownness,’ in Daniel J. Boorstin’s catchphrase, across cultures and historical eras into the present day, from Sarah Bernhardt to Lady Gaga.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eH-France Net\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“…\u003cem\u003ethe collection offers a refreshing addition to celebrity studies scholarship for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is its European frame of reference. By focusing on Britain, France, and Germany, the book throws into relief the field’s overemphasis on the United States as the archetype of celebrity culture….[Its] greatest strength is the careful attention paid to the culture of the image and to visual performance throughout\u003c\/em\u003e.”\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCritical Quarterly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“This is a persuasive and timely collection. Celebrity and charisma are very much on the current research agenda. This volume deals with these issues in a serious, insightful manner, making an original contribution to what is now a rising field of study.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  Philip Nord,\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eEdward Berenson\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEva Giloi \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart I: Constructing Charisma\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e “Charisma and the Making of Imperial Heroes in Britain and France, 1880-1914.”\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eEdward Berenson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e “‘So Writes the Hand that Swings the Sword’: Autograph-hunting and Royal Charisma in the German Empire, 1861-1888.”\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eEva Giloi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. \u003c\/strong\u003e“The Workings of Royal Celebrity: Wilhelm II as Media Emperor.”\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMartin Kohlrausch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Celebrity as Performance \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e “From the Top: Liszt’s Aristocratic Airs.”\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDana Gooley\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003e“Celebrity Gifting: Mallarmé and the Poetics of Fame.”\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eEmily Apter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. \u003c\/strong\u003e“Rethinking Female Celebrity: The Eccentric Star of Nineteenth-Century France.”\u003cbr\u003e \tMary Louise Roberts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart III: The Politics of Fame \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. \u003c\/strong\u003e“Byron, Death, and the Afterlife.”\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eStephen Minta\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8. \u003c\/strong\u003e“The Historical Actor.”\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePeter Fritzsche\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9. \u003c\/strong\u003e“Celebrity, Patriotism, and Sarah Bernhardt.”\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKenneth E. 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