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The Drama of Celebrity by Sharon Marcus
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The Drama of Celebrity

by Sharon Marcus

The book, according to the author

Why are we so interested in celebrities? Part of the reason is that “celebrity allows us to surrender to our voyeurism, our need to pry into other people’s lives,” says Professor Sharon Marcus of Columbia University.

Read her interview with us and her recommendations of books to read to better understand the phenomenon of celebrity.

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